Snowball Cookies are rich, buttery cookies that are full of chopped pecans and twice rolled in sugar for a powdery Snowball Cookies, also known as Russian Tea Cakes soft and tender, buttery nutty cookie rolled in a blizzard of perfectly white powdered sugar. A must try Christmas cookie!
Snowball Cookies
Snowball Cookies – soft and tender, buttery nutty cookie rolled in a blizzard of perfectly white powdered sugar. A must try Christmas cookie!
- 1/2 cup powdered sugar
- 1 cup (2 sticks ) butter, room
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 tablespoon orange zest
- 1 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 cup almond flour
- 1/2 cup finely chopped Pecans
- 1 1/2 cups powdered sugar , for coating
- Preheat oven to 350°F In the bowl mix butter until creamy, about 20 seconds. Blend in 1/2 cup powdered sugar and salt. Mix in vanilla and orange zest .
- add in flour and almond flour mix just until combined. Stir in Pecans.
- Scoop dough out 1 Tbsp at a time and roll into a ball, then place balls on ungreased baking sheets and bake in preheated oven for 13 – 15 minutes, until bottom edges are lightly golden .
- Remove from oven and allow to cool several minutes then while cookies are still warm, pour 1 1/2 cups powdered sugar into a bowl and roll cookies in powdered sugar.
- Transfer to a wire rack to cool, then once cookies are cool, roll in powdered sugar once more, this time generously coating them (I pressed it into the powdered sugar to give it a thick coating). Store cookies in an airtight container enjoy .
