Italian Wedding Cookies, also known as Snowball Cookies, are one of my all time favorite Italian cookies. Ok, it’s so hard to choose just one but this is one I could eat all year round.

Things to know when making Italian Wedding Cookies:

• You can use any nut you prefer but my preferred nut is the pecan. That being said they are great with walnuts and almonds too!
• The “dough” will look nothing like dough. It is dry and crumbly and will seem like you messed something up. You didn’t. Just trust the process.
• When “rolling” the cookies it is less of a “roll” and more of a squish and smash shaping technique.
• These are fun to make small for little bite sized versions.

We hope you enjoy these cookies as much as we do!

Italian Wedding Cookies (Snowball Cookies)

Course: Dessert

Ingredients

• 1 c butter, softened

• 1/2 c powdered sugar

• 2 1/4 c flour

• 1/4 tsp salt

• 1 tsp vanilla

• 3/4 c chopped walnuts or preferred nut

• 1/2 c-3/4 c powdered sugar, for rolling

Directions

• Cream butter and sugar together.
• Add the vanilla and mix.
• Add the flour and salt and stir with a fork, it will seem crumbly.
• Stir in the chopped nuts.
• Chill in the refrigerator for 1 hour.
• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
• Form into 1″ balls and place on a lightly greased cookie sheet or parchment paper.
• Bake for 14-17 minutes.
• Place cookies on a cooling rack.
• Once cooled, roll in powdered sugar.

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