Tracy Bodoni shares this recipe for easy walnut balls. She is a great baker and this recipe is her creation. These sweets melt in your mouth and walnut gives the required crunch. You can also use pecans instead of almonds. It is like snowball cookies but yummier. You can follow Tracy’s Facebook page here https://www.facebook.com/moochamealwithtracy/, Also known as Russian tea cakes or cookies. Russian tea cakes often are made with pecans, but they can be made with walnuts, almonds or macadamia nuts, too. They also are called Mexican wedding cakes and snowball cookies.
Ingredients Of Easy Walnut Balls
- 1 lb. Land ‘O Lakes butter
- 2 Eggs
- 4 cups chopped walnuts
- 4 cups flour
- ½ cup plus 2 Tablespoons sugar
- 4 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 4 teaspoons almond extract
- 2 tablespoons water
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 box of confectioners sugar (to roll cookies in).
Method Of Easy Walnut Balls
- Beat butter, sugar, vanilla, almond extract, and water until light & fluffy.
- Add nuts and flour one cup at a time.
- Then add the eggs. By hand, roll and shape into 1-inch balls.
- Bake at 325 degrees F for approximately 7-10 minutes until bottoms are golden brown.
- While still warm, roll in the confectioner’s sugar (repeat).
Thanks so much
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Should these be chilled before baking?!?! They look delish!
you can chill them
This is My mother’s recipe, long lost. Thank you.
Shirley of the Konecy heritage.
you are welcome
When do you add the salt? It didn’t say. Thank you
add salt when beating butter
I was going to try your recipe, but…..add the eggs last?? Can’t imagine how that works without making a huge mess. Do they incorporate with everything or just make the dough wet to roll in the sugar?
they will incorporate dont worry
Good afternoon…I am wanting to try your recipe for Christmas in July…Snowball cookies are just one of mine and my mom’s favorite cookie….I was wondering how many cookies this recipe makes?
Thank you so much,
mamma of 1
40 to 50
I added the eggs with the wet ingredients and the cookies were delish!
why add eggs?
it enhances the taste