Enjoy these delicious Russian Tea Snowballs! It is one of Sr. Rose Christopher’s favorite recipes to make around the holidays.
Course
Dessert
Cuisine
Cookies
Skill level
Beginner/Intermediate
Servings
24
Prep time
10 min.
Cook time
17-20 minutes
Ingredients
1 cup
softened butter
1 cup
powdered sugar
1 ½ tsp.
vanilla
2 ¼ cups
all purpose flour
1 cup
finely chopped pecans (optional)
¾ tsp.
salt
1 cup+
powdered sugar for topping
Instructions
Heat oven to 350 degrees. Mix butter, powdered sugar and vanilla. Stir in flour, nuts, salt till dough holds together. Shape into balls or crescents. Place an inch apart on an ungreased cookie sheet. Bake 17 to 20 minutes or until set but not brown. Put powdered sugar in a bowl and roll cookies while still warm. Cool and roll again in powdered sugar.
