Mexican cookies/snowball cookies. Snowball Cookies and Butterball Cookies This is the cookie with many names. Most times of the year they are called Mexican Wedding Cookies. Whether you call them Mexican Wedding Cookies, Russian Tea Cakes or Snowball Cookies, these buttery cookies are a staple each year at Christmas.
You can have Mexican cookies/snowball cookies using 10 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you achieve that.
Ingredients of Mexican cookies/snowball cookies
- Prepare 1/4 cup of oil.
- Prepare 1/2 cup of sugar.
- It’s 1 tsp of bicarbonate.
- It’s 1 tbs of milk.
- It’s 1 cup of icing sugar.
- It’s Pinch of salt.
- It’s 1 1/2 cup of flour.
- Prepare of Essence.
- It’s 1 tsp of ginger /Cinnamon (optional).
- Prepare 1 of egg.
Mexican wedding cookies are a traditional cookie served at traditional Mexican weddings, but they're also a tasty treat to add to any Christmas cookie platter. Also known as Christmas snowball cookies, these easy to make treats are sure to please everyone! This recipe is great to make during the winter months and the holiday season, because the round shape and powdered sugar coating resembles fresh made snowballs. We actually more commonly call these cookies snowball cookies for obvious reasons.
Mexican cookies/snowball cookies instructions
Mix all the ingredients except the flour and icing sugar into a good smooth mixture.
Gradually add flour into the mixture until soft maliable dough..
Roll into small balls and bake.
Toss in bowl of icing sugar once cooled and serve.
These cookies really are so fun! Whether you call them Snowball Cookies, Mexican Wedding Cookies, or Russian Tea Cakes these buttery balls of cookie goodness are chocked full of pecans and rolled in Powdered Sugar. These cookies have many names depending on where you live! Russian Tea Cakes, Mexican Wedding Cakes and snowballs are all similar cookies with just slight variations. Not only will the cookies bake better but part of the wonderful flavor they have is how buttery they taste.
