My mom always made a plethora of amazing cookies during the holidays. Its so hard to pick my favorite, between her almond roca, sugar cookies and peanut brittle....I chose one that is easy and really beautiful (and I was able to actually find her original recipe card). Some call them Mexican wedding cakes, snowballs, southern pecan butterball...my mom called them Russian tea cakes so thats what I will stick with. I used pecans, but feel free to switch it up w almonds or walnuts if you'd like!
1 cup butter, softened
1 cup powdered sugar
1 tsp vanilla
2 1/4 flour
3/4 cup chopped nuts
1/4 tsp salt
1/4 tsp baking powder
Preheat oven to 400F. Cream butter, vanilla and 1/2 cup of powdered sugar. In separate bowl mix flour, salt, baking powder and nuts. Gradually add to creamed mixture. Chill dough for approximately 2 hours (can be made 2 days ahead). Shape dough into 1 inch balls and place on non-greased cookie sheet. Bake for 10-15 minutes or until edges are lightly browned. While warm, roll in powdered sugar. Makes approx 4 dozen.
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