Snow Ball Cookies (no nuts) | Melting Moments | Russian Tea Cakes
Buttery, crumbly and melt in your mouth,these snow ball cookies are irresistible. These are no nuts cookies, easy to make and a perfect little treat to enjoy for holidays.
Servings: 16 cookies
Ingredients
- ¾ cup all purpose flour
- ¼ cup corn flour or corn starch
- 1 stick (½ cup) unsalted butter at room temperature
- ⅛ cup + 2 teaspoon powdered sugar
- ⅛ teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- ½ cup powdered sugar for rolling the cookies after the cookies are baked
Instructions
- Add all purpose flour, corn flour and salt in a bowl. Whisk them to remove any lumps. Set a side.
- In a large bowl add the soft room temperature butter and the powdered sugar. It is very important to use the soft butter (not melted) to get the correct texture of the baked cookies.
- Using a hand mixer or a whisk,mix the butter and the powdered sugar for two minutes to get smooth and creamy mixture.
- Add the flour and vanilla extract to the butter mixture and mix it.
- Mix the dough until well combined, at mid point use your hands to bring the dough together.
- Cover the dough with a cling wrap and place it in the refrigerator for 30 minutes to one hour.
- After an hour pre heat the oven to 350 F or 180 C.
- Roll the dough into small balls and place them on a parchment lined cookie sheet.
- When the cookies are done they will look very pale, don't get tempted to over bake them.They will firm up as they cool.
- After five minutes of resting, roll the cookies in powdered sugar. Cookies need to be rolled in powdered sugar when they are still warm, that is maximum five minutes after the cookies are done.
- Rest the cookies in a wire rack until completely cool, atleast 30 minutes. If desired dust them with more powdered sugar before serving.