nana's italian snowballs

Name: Nana's Italian Snowballs
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 1 h 30 min
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients: 5 teaspoon(s) vanilla; 10 tablespoon(s) granulated sugar; 4 cup(s) flour; 1 teaspoon(s) salt; 4 stick(s) butter; 4 cup(s) chopped nuts; 1 box(es) powdered sugar

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35 Pinches

Lisa Potenti

Shrewsbury, MA

Updated on Dec 13, 2013

I bake these cookies in my Mother In Law's kitchen where I now reside since I married my hubby. Its an old Family recipe. I can still hear her say "what are you burning!@?" and I laugh out loud a little bit every time I think of it. I can also remember the day I used margarine instead of butter and she took one bite of the cookie and spit it out because it "wasn't right" - we now take no short cuts when it comes to making her italian cookies. It is by far our entire family's pride and joy. It brings her home and for a brief moment, its as though she never left.

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prep time 30 Min

cook time 1 Hr 30 Min

method Bake

yield Makes 5 dozen

Ingredients

5 teaspoons vanilla
10 tablespoons granulated sugar
4 cups flour
1 teaspoon salt
4 sticks butter
4 cups chopped nuts
1 box powdered sugar

How To Make nana's italian snowballs

Step 1

Place butter in mixer and mix until soft.

Step 2

Gradually add sifted flower, salt and granulated sugar until evenly mixed.
Step 3

Add vanilla and chopped nuts until evenly mixed. (nuts are optional)
Step 4

Roll in balls or use a cookie scoop to place on ungreased cookie sheet. (Mix will be a bit sticky, not doughy, you can coat your hands with butter if you’re rolling them so that they don’t stick to your fingers.) These cookies do not expand a whole lot and thus they only need to be about 1 inch apart on the cookie sheet.
Step 5

Bake at 350 for 10-12 minutes or until edges are golden.
Step 6

Allow cookies to cool completely. (They will fall apart if you try to touch them before they are cool)
Step 7

Once cookies are cool, roll them in powdered sugar and enjoy!
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