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Snowballs
Earla Taylor
"These nut and butter cookie with a sugar coating are great for the holidays when sampling lots of cookies. Just pop one in your mouth and enjoy!"
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Ingredients
55 m servings 170 calsOriginal recipe yields 24 servings (4 dozen)
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- Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C.) Lightly butter 2 baking sheets, or line with parchment paper.
- Cream the butter, sugar, and vanilla until light and fluffy. Sift together the flour and salt; mix into the butter mixture. Stir in the pecans. Dust your hands with a little of the confectioners' sugar and roll the dough into 1 inch balls.
- Place 2 inches apart on the baking sheets and bake for 25 minutes or just until brown. Put on racks to cool for 15 minutes, then roll in the confectioners sugar.
Nutrition Facts
Per Serving: 170 calories; 11 g fat; 16.7 g carbohydrates; 1.6 g protein; 20 mg cholesterol; 127 mg sodium. Full nutrition
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Most helpful positive review
12/19/2005
This recipe is awesome! I think the reason why some people's came out flattened is they might have worked with the dough too much OR their kitchen was too hot. If it is too hot inside your kitch...
Most helpful critical review
1/11/2005
I love snowballs, but didn't have my recipe. I used this one instead because I was short on powedered sugar and this didn't use any in the dough. They were not like what I've made before at al...
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12/19/2005
This recipe is awesome! I think the reason why some people's came out flattened is they might have worked with the dough too much OR their kitchen was too hot. If it is too hot inside your kitch...
1/11/2005
I love snowballs, but didn't have my recipe. I used this one instead because I was short on powedered sugar and this didn't use any in the dough. They were not like what I've made before at al...
4/24/2004
My family loved these cookies. They came out just like I hoped. Sifting the flour was a great idea. I did overcook the first batch because I kept waiting for them to get a little brown and th...
12/5/2006
Is it possible that folks are experiencing trouble because of the white sugar? I have made snowballs, aka Mexican Wedding Cakes, aka Swedish Tea Cakes for as long as I can remember and have alw...
12/26/2001
Yum, this recipe was great! You just might want to adjust the cooking time. I found if you followed the recipe cook time the cookies were quite overdone!
12/17/2006
PLEASE NOTE! I've already reviewed this recipe once. It's fabulous but a few changes make it even better. Leave the recipe alone...It's perfect. Roll the cookies smaller than you think you s...
12/22/2008
I would have given this recipe 5 stars, however, as written it's problematic. Here's the low down I got from my sister who bakes all the time. First off, the dough absolutely needs to be chill...
10/26/2005
I USED THIS RECIPE FOR THE FIRST TIME LAST YEAR. EVERYONE LOVED IT . I AM DEFINITLY GOING TO USE IT AGAIN. THANKS.