Snow Ball Christmas Cookies and Online Cookie Exchange. These buttery snowball cookies, also known as Russian tea cakes or pecan meltaway cookies, are the ultimate melt-in-your-mouth cookies! Loaded with crushed pecans and rolled in powdered sugar, makes them one of our favorite cookies during the Christmas season. They also make great teacher gifts!
For as long as I can remember, my girls have always called these small buttery cookies the ‘Snow Ball Christmas Cookies.’ The name evolved from the popular Disney movie at that time ‘Snow White,’ which all little girls loved.
Nowadays, all the little girls, including my granddaughter are into the current Disney movie ‘Frozen.’
You can gather your little bakers in the kitchen; play the song “Let it Go” as you sing along and create these easy-to-make confections. And at the same time, creating wonderful memories that will last a lifetime!
To Make These Snow Ball Christmas Cookies:
Getting started is easy. Using simple ingredients such as butter, flour, powdered sugar, and crushed pecans makes these cookies so simple to make and bake.
No eggs in this recipe.
Simply beat sugar with butter, then add in the rest of the dry ingredients and shape into balls.
The recipe calls for slow baking them at 325 degrees F for about 15 to 18 minutes and then roll them into the powdered sugar while still warm, and then again the second time once they cool completely.
Easy-peasy!!
They stay fresh for one week in a sealed container, and they freeze beautifully too!
If you freeze these cookies, just dust them again with powdered sugar to give them a fresh appearance just before serving.
Best served at room temperature.
All generations of all ages will enjoy these snow ball cookies as much as we do.
These snow ball Christmas cookies are so good!! Your friends and loved ones will LOVE them! Besides, everyone always looks forward to them year after year.
Ok, who’s doing a cookie swap? Here are a few more cookie recipes you might enjoy!
Coconut Cherry Shortbread Cookies are snowball cookies made with shredded coconut, dried cherries, and chocolate morsels.
And finally, try these!
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Italian Lemon Cookies with Lemon Glaze
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Chocolate Crinkle Cookies
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Classic Snickerdoodle Cookies
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Lemon Thyme Tea Cookies
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Dulce de Leche Butter Cookies
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Chewy Dark Chocolate Chocolate Chip Cookies
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Best Pumpkin Cookies with Vanilla Cream Cheese Frosting.
I thought it would be fun to offer an “online cookie exchange” and invite some of our foodie-friends to be a part of it. Our full recipe card for our Snow Ball Christmas Cookies will be at the bottom of this post for you to easily print.
In the meantime, enjoy some of our friend’s cookie recipes as part of our virtual online cookie exchange!
Chocolate Pistachio Cranberry Biscotti by Roz
Lemon Ice Cookies by Dan
Cinnamon Stars by Tricia
Soft Gingersnap Cookies by Barbara
Pecan Shortbead Cookies by Susan, and Peppermint Macarons by Joanne
ENJOY!!
Snow Ball Christmas Cookies are buttery, sweet and melt-in-your-mouth cookies! Easy to make and bake and perfect for the holidays!Snow Ball Christmas Cookies
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13 Comments
by Anna and Liz
December 14, 2019 at 11:24 amOh thanks you Sandra! We love hearing from you! Enjoy your weekend and Happy Baking!!
Sandra
December 14, 2019 at 8:37 amThese sound wonderful. I only make cookies at Christmas or when my grandson comes to stay! Thank you for another delicious Christmas recipe!
Dan from Platter Talk
December 2, 2018 at 6:54 pmWe are a huge fan of Christmas cookies and these snowball Christmas cookies are among Santa’s favorites; and mine too! Beautiful job, Ladies and happy holidays to you and your families!
by Anna and Liz
December 4, 2018 at 2:29 pmThank you Dan for a sweet comment! Happy Holidays to you and your beautiful family as well!
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November 29, 2017 at 4:45 am[…] Snow Ball Christmas Cookies […]
Tricia @ Saving room for dessert
December 22, 2014 at 6:45 pmThese are my husband's favorite cookies – but we do call them Russian Tea Cakes. Thanks for the link love! Merry Christmas to you both and I hope you have a very Happy New Year too! Happy baking 🙂
annaliz
December 24, 2014 at 2:52 amThank you Tricia! We wish you a very Merry Christmas and a healthy new year!
annaliz
December 20, 2014 at 2:36 amSo glad to hear that – it's funny how these cookies have evolved into different names.
Betty
December 20, 2014 at 12:35 amWe always called these "Exploding Cookies" because when we were little it seemed to us that they exploded when we bit into them. 🙂 One of my favorites!
Roz Corieri Paige
December 19, 2014 at 10:15 pmWow, I love these cookies. . . we used to call them Mexican Wedding Cake Cookies, but I like your name better! I could (and would) eat a whole plate of these; I need to try your recipe, since the one I used was out of a cookbook from long ago. Thank you so much for kindly including my biscotti in your cookie exchange! I'll be sending info to you guys about my next recipe roundup going on in the next week.
Have a blessed Christmas,
xo
Roz
annaliz
December 20, 2014 at 2:26 amThanks Roz, we look forward to seeing it. Have a Merry Christmas!
SavoringTime in the Kitchen
December 19, 2014 at 9:38 pmAn all-time favorite! I usually shaped them into crescents but love the idea of calling them into balls and calling them snowballs. Even my 2-1/2 year old grandson knows who Anna and Elsa are 🙂 Merry Christmas, ladies!
annaliz
December 20, 2014 at 2:25 amOh how sweet! Thank you and Merry Christmas to you!