Soft and buttery, melt in your mouth pecan cookie combines with a generous coating of powdered sugar for dessert perfection!
This past weekend we finally got our turn with that horrible cold front that was moving across the country and since we were trapped inside I started round one of my holiday baking.
It was fun experimenting with lots of old recipes like snickerdoodles, chocolate crinkles, and cream cheese cookies; but also trying new recipe ideas. I had some winners of the bunch so the next few days will be full of recipes. I will start with one of my favorite classic recipes- Pecan Snowball Cookies!
Why I love this recipe
- They just melt in your mouth!
- It only uses 7 basic ingredients.
- You can mix it up in one bowl (the less dirty dishes the better!)
- They only take 10 minutes in the oven.
These cookies go by a ton of names by the way. I have heard them called Russian Tea Cakes, Mexican Wedding Cookies, Butterballs, Snowball Cookies, Mexican Teacakes, or Snowdrops. Whatever you call them, they are delicious!
Ingredients
If you have pecans, you probably have everything you need!
- flour
- salt
- sugar
- vanilla
- butter
- pecans
- sugar
Step by step
This simple recipe is easy enough for the kids to make (supervised of course!)
- Combine all ingredients except the powdered sugar in a bowl and mix until blended.
- Roll into 1 inch balls and place on a baking sheet.
- Bake for 10 minutes.
- Roll in powdered sugar while still warm.
- Allow to cool then roll again in powdered sugar.
FAQs
Store in an airtight container at room temperature for up to one week.
This is a great recipe for freezing. You can freeze either before or after baking. Store baked cookies in a airtight freezer container for up to 3 months. Thaw overnight at room temperature.
To freeze dough for cooking later, store the same as cooked cookies, in an airtight container up to 3 months. Thaw overnight in the refrigerator then allow to come to room temperature before rolling into balls and baking.
Yes, I have a recipe for Almond Snowball Cookies as well! For an alternative you can also try these gluten-free coconut snowball cookies as well.
I like to package these cookies up in these cute reindeer gift bags when gifting to kids, they always love it!
You might also love these holiday baking recipes perfect for gifting:
I hope you enjoy this recipe as much as we do, if you try it please comment and rate it below, I love hearing from you!
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Pecan Snowball Cookies
- Prep Time: 10 mins
- Cook Time: 10 mins
- Total Time: 20 mins
- Yield: 24 1x
- Category: Dessert
- Method: baking
- Cuisine: American
Description
Soft and buttery, melt in your mouth pecan cookie combines with a generous coating of powdered sugar for dessert perfection!
Ingredients
- 1 cup all purpose flour
- ½ tsp salt
- 2 tbsp sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla
- ½ cup butter, softened
- 1 cup chopped pecans
- 1 cup powdered sugar
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Combine all ingredients except powdered sugar.
- Roll into 1" balls
- Bake 10 minutes at 350 degrees on parchment paper lined baking sheet or until slightly browned.
- Roll balls in powdered sugar while still warm.
- Cool then roll in powdered sugar again.
Keywords: pecan, cookie, snowball
Luisa says
I only bake two different cookies every Christmas and this is one of them! Soooo delish!
Vanessa says
Oh man, these look so good. I'd kill for a cup of milk and these cookies right now!
Melissa Riker says
I've had a bit too many cookies lately with all this baking Vanessa!! I need to mail all these away asap!
Amanda @ Dreamsicle Sisters says
Delicious! Pinning this for sure. I love pecans.
★★★★★
Gwen says
Those were always my favorite kind of cookies. I'll have to try and make them gluten free! YUM.
Melissa Riker says
I love them too Gwen, let me know if you make a gluten free version and I'll link to it from this post!
Angie @ CCC says
These look amazing Melissa!!
keri @ shaken together says
YUM - these are one of my favorite cookies and I don't think I ever had a recipe! Perfect!