Snowball Cookies

buttery nut cookies rolled in powdered sugar

Makes 36 cookies · 221 kcal per serving

Ingredients

• 270 g All Purpose Flour
• 227 g Butter
• 59 g Confectioners' Sugar
• 89 g Pecans
• 4 g Vanilla Extract
• 2 g Salt

Method

1. Cream the butter with the powdered sugar until light, then beat in the vanilla. Work in the flour, salt, and nuts until the dough just holds together; chill 30 min if it's soft. Roll into 1 in / 2.5 cm balls and bake at 350°F / 175°C until set and barely golden on the bottom, ~12–15 min; they shouldn't color on top.
2. Coat: While still warm, roll each ball in the coating sugar, then roll again once fully cool for an even, snowy coat.

Notes

Also known as Mexican wedding cookies, Russian tea cakes, or polvorones.