Snowballs

Recipe Rating:	1 Rating5
Categories:	Cookies, Other Snacks, Quick & Easy, For Kids, Vegetarian
Keywords:	holiday, treat, cookie, pecans
Serves:	Makes approx. 3 dozen balls.
Prep Time:	30 Min
Cook Time:	30 Min

Ingredients

2 stick	butter (1 cup)
6 Tbsp	powered sugar
2 Tbsp	pure vanilla extract
2 c	all purpose flour
2 c	very finely chopped pecans (i use a grinder to get a powder-like consistency)

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Dee Vance

Well Seasoned

San Jacinto, CA (pop. 44,199)

Goldee

Member Since Aug 2010

Dee's Notes:

This was my Mother's recipe. It has been a holiday treat in my family for over 50 years. Christmas would not be the same without snowballs. This is NOT Russian Tea Cakes. These cookies make a great gift and an appropriate addition to your holiday cookie platter.

Directions

Pre-heat oven to 325°F. Lightly coat large baking sheet with non-stick spray. Set aside.

Put 4 tbs. of the powdered sugar in a small bowl and set aside for use later.

Cream butter in a medium sized bowl. Add remaining ingredients, except nuts, into creamed butter. Mix thoroughly until all ingredients are incorporated. Add nuts to butter mixture last and mix throughly again.

NOTE: If mixture is too sticky, add 1 tbs. of flour at a time until consistency is manageable but not dry. You can also put mixture in the refrigerator for 15-20 minutes to firm dough up.

Coat cleaned and dried hands with flour. Roll dough into small, bite sized balls approximately 1-1/2" in diameter.

NOTE: Balls should be the same size for even cooking.

Arrange balls on baking sheet about 2" apart. Bake in pre-heated oven at 325°F for 30 minutes or until golden brown.

While Snowballs are still HOT, carefully and gently roll balls in remaining powdered sugar one Snowball at a time. When Snowballs are cooled, roll Snowballs again (one at a time) in powder sugar to thoroughly coat balls with sugar. Add more powered sugar if needed to coat Snowballs.

Store Snowballs in an air-tight container.

SPECIAL DESERT TREAT: In a parfait glass layer vanilla or chocolate ice cream, crumbled Snowballs, whipped cream (or whipped topping) ice cream, crumbled Snowballs and top with whipped cream and coarsely chopped pecans.

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Eve... mumm6

Eve Anderson(AKA-POETGRL) [mumm6] has shared this recipe with discussion group:
Just Christmas!

Eve... mumm6

Jul 29, 2012

Sounds Yummy!

Dee Vance Goldee

Jul 30, 2012

Yes, they are yummy and these Snowballs melt in your mouth.
I just joined "Just Christmas" discussion group. I will be posting more of my Christmas recipes soon.

Carol Kohan ckohan

Dec 3, 2012

You will save A LOT of time if you put your powdered sugar in a bowl with a lid and "shake gently while hot". It works for me. Just don't shake too hard or the cookies will crumble!!

Dee Vance Goldee

Dec 3, 2012

Good idea! They are very delicate, so shaking gently is the key. How did they turn out?

Carol Kohan ckohan

Jan 4, 2013

They turn out fine using this method for me. I have been doing this for 30+ years.

Carol Kohan ckohan

Jan 4, 2013

By the way....I usually put a dozen (or more) in the bowl at the same time...they still don't crumble. I probably "roll" the bowl instead of shake and the cookies don't crumble for me.

Dee Vance Goldee