Snowball Cookies also known as Russian Tea Cakes or Mexican Wedding Cookies are melt in mouth cookies made using butter, cashews, flour and sugar. These make a great pair with your cup of coffee or tea.
Snowball Cookies Recipe | Russian Tea Cookies Recipe
This is an easy cookies to make. it is called as russian tea cakes which is often served with a cup of tea or coffee. It is an eggless recipe and taste so buttery and delicious.
I am in love with this cookies, they are like perfect. Sweet, buttery, soft and really yummy. I made this yesterday and it got over immediately. It is so easy to put together as well. You just need a handful of ingredients to make this, you can make them any time as you like.
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What are Snowball Cookies?
Snowball cookies is a ball shaped cookie which just melts in mouth. These are made using butter, sugar, flour and some kind of nuts like pecans, walnuts or cashews. The cookies are coated in powdered sugar as soon as come out of oven and also once they are cooled which creates a thick sugar coating on them.
Russian Tea Cakes & Snow Ball Cookies
Both cookies are same but with different name. This cookies is soft in the center and is normally made egg free.
Why are they called Snowball?
Cookies are baked and coated in powdered sugar. These cookies looks like mini snow balls because of their sugary coating. Hence the name.
How to Make Snowball Cookies
- Preheat oven to 200 degree C. Line a baking pan with parchment paper and set aside.
- Take butter, ¼ cup powdered sugar and vanilla in a bowl and cream really really well.
- Now add in salt and mix well.
- Add in nuts and mix well.
- Sprinkle in flour and mix well.
- Take small portion and roll it into a ball. Arrange on baking tray.
- Bake for 10 to 12 mins.
- Now remove it from oven and roll them in powdered sugar. You can double roll them in sugar as the cookies cool down.
- Now store in air tight container.
Hope you will give this a try and let me know how it turns out for you.
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Snowball Cookies Recipe | Russian Tea Cakes Recipe
Ingredients
- ½ cup Unsalted Butter 110 grams
- ¼ cup Sugar 50 grams
- 1 tsp Vanilla Essence
- a pinch Salt
- 1 cup All Purpose Flour (maida) 120 grams
- 1 cup Pecan or Cashews
- 1 cup Confectioners Sugar
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 200 degree C. Line a baking pan with parchment paper and set aside.
- Take butter, ¼ cup powdered sugar and vanilla in a bowl and cream really really well.
- Now add in salt and mix well.
- Add in nuts and mix well.
- Add in flour and mix well.
- Take small portion and roll it into a ball. Arrange on baking tray.
- Bake for 10 to 12 mins.
- Now remove it from oven and roll them in powdered sugar. You can double roll them in sugar as the cookies cool down.
- Now store in air tight container.
Notes
- Roll the cookies in powdered sugar as soon as they come out of the oven. This will make the cookie get a sugar coating on them. Leave them to cool and then re roll the generously in powder sugar to create a thick snow like coating.
- You can use finely chopped pecan instead of cashews.
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Snowball Cookies Step by Step Pictures
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| Take butter in a bowl |
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| sugar |
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| add vanilla |
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| add salt |
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| cream really really well |
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| add chopped cashews or any nuts as you prefer |
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| mix well |
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| add flour |
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| mix well |
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| take a small portion |
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| roll it into ball |
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| arrange on a baking pan |
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| bake till done |
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| take some icing sugar in a bowl |
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| when the cookies are still warm, roll in sugar |
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| roll them really well |
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| you can double roll them in sugar as well |
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| Serve |
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Love your recipes and especially your pictorials they make it so much easier to understand.
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Anonymous
Keep up the good work!:)
raveena kannan
Nice cookies 🙂 can we use melted butter??
Aarthi
@raveena kannanno
nivetha
plz tell how to bake without oven.. since so many people have no oven some tries with sand or salt ..
Aarthi
@nivethaYou can check this link
https://www.yummytummyaarthi.com/search/label/Pressure%20Cooker%20Baking
karthikeyani
What you meant parchment paper and wax paper??? Is it butter paper????
Aarthi
@karthikeyaniye it is butter paper
Anonymous
Can I use salted butter?
Aarthi
@Anonymoussalted butter makes this too salty
Aarthi
Hi Aarthi ,
I tried this recipe today. It came out so well.Thank u so much. Love all ur recipes and the way u present them is so easy to understand . Keep up the good job.
Rimsha Khalid
Can we use oil or ghee instead of unsalted butter??
Rimsha Khalid
Can we use oil or ghee instead of unsalted butter?
Aarthi
@Rimsha Khalidyou can use unsalted butter
aarthi dhanraj
Dear arts,
Can we skip cornflour?
If we cant alternative pls... wats the use of cornflour here?
does it sticks? Parchment paper must???
Aarthi
@aarthi dhanrajcornflour gives the melt in mouth texture. dont skip that. use foil instead of parchment
Anonymous
Can i bake this at 160 Deg as i dont have 170 deg in my oven.Also can we roll the cookies in normal powdered sugar instead of icing sugar?
Aarthi
@Anonymousyes u can bake at 160 degree for first few mins then increase it to 180 and bake
Aarthi
@Anonymousu can roll it in normal powdered sugar too
Vijaylaxmi
Nice and easy recipe. I tried it today and it came out well.
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These have always been a favorite and a staple on my Mom's side of the family. Yours look perfect!