Grandma's Snowball Cookies

I've heard these Christmas-y cookies called many things before...Danish Wedding cookies, Russian Tea cookies, and Norwegian Rich cookies. However we just call them snowball cookies, a little less exotic sounding perhaps, but a more descriptive name in our book. These humble looking cookies passed down from Grandma Sandy have a melt-in-your-mouth texture that will keep you going back for more and more.

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Posted by Lara. 

The ingredients:


The ingredients:
1 cup butter
1/2 cup powdered sugar
2 cups flour
1/2 tsp. vanilla
1/2 cup finely chopped pecans (optional)

Directions: 
Cream together butter and powdered sugar.


Add flour, vanilla, and pecans until well mixed. 
                  Keep mixing....                                                             Now it's ready!

NOTE:  This will be a very stiff dough and if you're using an electric mixer, just mix it until the dough is about the size of peas. Use your hands to form it into a ball, wrap in plastic, then chill for about an hour.

Roll into balls the size of small walnuts. Bake on ungreased cookie sheet for 20 minutes at 325° (no hotter).

You may want to turn the cookie sheet the last 5 minutes of baking to ensure even browning. When cooled, roll each cookie into powdered sugar. Makes about 40 small cookies.

Enjoy!

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