Russian Teacakes

Soft and addicting little snowballs. These Russian teacakes, also called Mexican wedding cakes, are a perfect Christmas cookie! They only have 5 ingredients and are super easy to make!

The recipe is here, and pictures of the process are below.

Ingredients:

• 1 cup softened salted butter

• ½ cup sifted powdered sugar and additional for rolling

• 1 tsp. vanilla extract

• 2 ¼ cup flour

• 1 cup finely chopped walnuts or pecans

Directions:

1. Mix butter, powdered sugar, vanilla thoroughly (about 2-5 minutes).

2. Then sift in flour and stir into wet ingredients and mix until a dough forms (it will be a little dry.

3. Mix in nuts.

4. Roll into 1-inch balls and place on ungreased sheets or baking sheets lined with parchment paper.

5. Bake 10-12 minutes in 400°F oven until set but not brown (the bottoms will be lightly golden brown).

6. Remove from the pan and let cool 10-15 minutes, and then roll in powdered sugar to coat.

7. Makes 4 dozen.

Before mixing the butter, powdered sugar, and vanilla extract together.

After mixing the butter, powdered sugar, and vanilla extract together.

Before mixing the flour in.

After mixing the flour in.

After mixing the nuts in.

After rolling the cookies into balls. Now it's time to bake.

After baking! Once they cool a little you can roll them in powdered sugar.

Powdered sugar rolling.

And they're done! Easy peasy!