RECIPE AND PHOTO SUBMITTED BY Kim Schafer-Jones
Walnut Snowballs
Walnut snowballs — also known as Russian tea cakes or Mexican wedding cakes — have to be one of the simplest Christmas cookies to make.
There are relatively few ingredients and just a few simple steps involved, and what you end up with is a delicious, flavorful cookie that’s not overly sweet.
Ingredients:
1 cup flour
1 1⁄2 cups walnuts finely chopped
2-3 Tbsp sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1⁄4 pound butter softened
Pinch of salt
1 cup powdered sugar set aside
Directions:
Preheat oven to 300 degrees F.
Combine flour, walnuts, salt and sugar in a large bowl. Mix in vanilla extract. Cut butter in little pieces and mix together until you have a coarse dough.
Form walnut-size balls from the dough (a melon baller works perfectly!) and place on a cookie sheet 1″ apart.
Bake for 35 minutes.
Let cool slightly and then roll in powdered sugar. Move to a rack to cool completely.
source: Mandi Ehman
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