Snowball Cookies Recipe | Russian Tea Cakes Recipe
Melt in mouth russian tea cakes or snowball cookies is an eggless bite size morsels filled with nuts and rolled in thick coating of confectioners sugar.
Ingredients
- ½ cup Unsalted Butter 110 grams
- ¼ cup Sugar 50 grams
- 1 teaspoon Vanilla Essence
- a pinch Salt
- 1 cup All Purpose Flour (maida) 120 grams
- 1 cup Pecan or Cashews
- 1 cup Confectioners Sugar
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 200 degree C. Line a baking pan with parchment paper and set aside.
- Take butter, ¼ cup powdered sugar and vanilla in a bowl and cream really really well.
- Now add in salt and mix well.
- Add in nuts and mix well.
- Add in flour and mix well.
- Take small portion and roll it into a ball. Arrange on baking tray.
- Bake for 10 to 12 mins.
- Now remove it from oven and roll them in powdered sugar. You can double roll them in sugar as the cookies cool down.
- Now store in air tight container.
Notes
- Roll the cookies in powdered sugar as soon as they come out of the oven. This will make the cookie get a sugar coating on them. Leave them to cool and then re roll the generously in powder sugar to create a thick snow like coating.
- You can use finely chopped pecan instead of cashews.
Nutrition
Nutrition Facts
Snowball Cookies Recipe | Russian Tea Cakes Recipe
Serving Size
1 servings
Amount per Serving
Calories
97
% Daily Value*
Fat
5
g
8
%
Saturated Fat
3
g
19
%
Trans Fat
1
g
Polyunsaturated Fat
1
g
Monounsaturated Fat
1
g
Cholesterol
12
mg
4
%
Sodium
1
mg
0
%
Potassium
9
mg
0
%
Carbohydrates
13
g
4
%
Fiber
1
g
4
%
Sugar
8
g
9
%
Protein
1
g
2
%
Vitamin A
142
IU
3
%
Calcium
2
mg
0
%
Iron
1
mg
6
%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.