Warning: You'll Crave These Russian Tea Cakes All Year Round
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- Опубліковано 9 жов 2022
- These Russian tea cake cookies are classic Christmas cookie favorite of my childhood. You may also know these as Mexican Wedding cookies or Snowball cookies. These cookies are buttery delicious and quick to make. This Russian Tea Cakes recipe are made in one bowl, with 6 ingredients, and are ready in 30 minutes or less.
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Ingredients
1 cup (2 sticks. 226 g) unsalted butter softened
2 2/3 cups (300 g) powdered (or confectioners) sugar *divided
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 1/4 cups (270 g) all purpose flour
1 cup (115 g) finely chopped toasted pecans *see note
1/4 teaspoon salt
Instructions
1. Position a rack in the center of your oven and preheat oven to 400°F (205°C). Line a rimmed baking sheet with parchment paper (or you can use a silicone baking mat).
2. In a large mixing bowl with an electric mixer (I prefer my stand mixer with paddle attachment but a hand mixer will also work) cream together on medium speed, the butter, 2/3 cup powdered sugar, and vanilla until light and fluffy, about 2 to 3 minutes. Stir in flour, nuts, and salt until a soft dough forms.
3. On low speed, stir in flour, nuts, and salt until a soft dough forms. Dough will be very stiff.
4. Using a small cookie scoop, or two spoons shape dough into 1 inch balls. (I like to scoop the dough then roll into a ball with my hands to smooth). Place about 1 inch apart on an ungreased cookie sheet.
5. Bake in the preheated 400°F oven for about 10-12 minutes until set on edges but not brown. Remove the oven and allow to cool slightly on cookie sheet before removing to a wire cooling rack. Cool slightly on a wire rack.
6. Place remaining 2 cups of powdered sugar into a bowl. Roll warm cookies in powdered sugar. Cool completely , then roll again in powdered sugar when cool.
Notes
Storage: These will keep for a week in an airtight container for up to a week.
Freezing: Freeze baked, cooled cookies in an airtight bag or container for up to 3 months.
Unsalted Butter - I always recommend unsalted butter so you can control the amount of salt in the cookie dough. But you can also use salted butter, simply omit the added salt in the recipe. Do not use margarine or tub butter which is not pure butter and has added oils and ingredients which can affect the texture.
Powdered Sugar - You will use this in your cookie dough and also again to roll them in after they are baked.
Vanilla extract - I recommend pure vanilla for best flavor, but imitation vanilla extract will also work.
Pecans - Toasting is optional but preferred. I toast pecan halves in a 350°F for 7-8 minutes until fragrant, then cool and chop finely. Be sure to allow to cool before adding to cookie dough. I prefer pecans but any nut will work. You can omit the nuts if need be, and try swapping in some chocolate chips instead. Mini chocolate chips also work great in these little cookies. If you don’t swap the nuts for anything, you may need to add additional flour to help the cookies keep their shape (try adding a 1/4 cup extra.)
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I make these every holiday. They are a favorite!
Aw thanks!!
❤ crunchy yummy cookies so properly for dish on Christmas 🌲 celebration🎉🎉
Thank you 😋
I love them, so addictive 😋😋
Aw thanks!!
The are the best❤
Aw thanks!!
You are the only one I have seen bake them at 400 and are yours a more cake like or crunchy?
Soft in the middle yes 😊 just the way grandma made them!
These sound delicious 😅
Aw thank you- they are one of my faves!
The volume went so low couldn’t hear
My apologies definitely was an earlier video getting better and better the tech side of things! But the recipe is in the description in case you missed something
Why no baking temperature?
Baking temp is listed in the description. They bake at 400F
At what temp to bake it ?
Hello, the temp is 400F (listed in the description)
Walnuts are much better in this recipe
IMO
Ooh I’ll have to try! Thanks for the suggestion!
I am sure these cookies are easy to make, nice and delicious.👍 But, sorry, they are not Russian.🤷♀️ They might be Mexican, but not Russian. There is no such recipe in the Russian cuisine. 🙂 People in Russia cook lots of various cookies, but there is no cookie recipe called "Russian tea cakes". ☺ Anyway, thank you for the idea of such cookies!🎉
These are cookies that I grew up on from My Ukranian grandmother - they are indeed either called Russian tea cakes or Mexican wedding cookies or sometimes just snowball cookies. They go buy a bunch of different names :)
@@BostonGirlBakes what a nice family story! Was it your grand-mother or great-grandmother who shared the recipe with you? When did your Ukranian grandmother moved to the US?