Russian Tea Cakes
Buttery walnut shortbread cookies rolled in powdered sugar — also known as snowball cookies or Mexican wedding cookies.
OtherVegetarianEasy20 min
Ingredients
Servings
24
- 1 cup butter
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 6 tbsp confectioners' sugar
- 2 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 cup chopped walnuts
- 0.3 cup confectioners' sugar for rolling
Instructions
- 1
Preheat oven to 350°F. Cream butter and vanilla until smooth.
- 2
Combine 6 tablespoons confectioners' sugar and flour; stir into butter mixture until just blended. Mix in walnuts.
- 3
Roll dough into 1-inch balls and place 2 inches apart on an ungreased cookie sheet.
- 4
Bake 12 minutes.
- 5
When cool, roll in remaining confectioners' sugar.
Tags
holidaycookiesChristmasamericanwalnutpowdered sugarshortbreadother
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