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Snowball Cookies | Eggless Snowball Cookies | Christmas Cookies Recipe

November 24, 2015 39 Comments

Snowball Cookies | Christmas Cookies Recipe

Anns Bakery in Kottayam will always remind me of their cashew snowball cookies which I used to eat by the packet when I was a kid. They were not cheap (nothing from Anns is cheap) but when we buy them at home, I would gobble them up. Snowball cookies form a delicious part of my childhood memories.

Snowball Cookies | Christmas Cookies Recipe

I knew I would bake them one day and I knew it would be when I was feeling particularly homesick, and that’s exactly what happened. I was compiling this list of Christmas Recipes from Kerala and felt like I had to have some cookies – and they had to be snowball cookies!

I used pecans, one of my favourites, in the cookies. You can substitute with walnuts (I am not a fan of them) or cashew nuts. Anns uses cashew nuts so for more “authentic snowball cookies”, try this recipe with cashew nuts, lightly roasted. And yes, these are eggless too, perfect for Christmas!

Eggless Snowball Cookies
Prep time: 10 mins
Baking time: 30 mins
Makes 24 cookies

Ingredients:
1 cup all purpose flour / maida
3/4 cup chopped pecans (or any nut of your choice)
1/2 cup butter, at room temperature
3 tbsp sugar
1/8 tsp salt
1 tsp vanilla extract
1/2 cup icing sugar, for coating and dusting (can substitute with powdered sugar too)

How I Made It:

0. Pre-heat oven to 300F or ~ 160C

1. Mix the flour, sugar, chopped nuts, and salt in a mixing bowl.

Snowball Cookies | Christmas Cookies Recipe

2. Add the softened butter and vanilla…

Snowball Cookies | Christmas Cookies Recipe

… and knead lightly with fingertips until the dough comes together and there are no signs of the flour showing.

Snowball Cookies | Christmas Cookies Recipe

3. Pinch off a little dough at a time and make into small lime-sized ball. I got 24 cookies from this amount of dough.

Snowball Cookies | Christmas Cookies Recipe

4. Place them 2″ apart on a lined baking tray and bake until uniformly browned, about 25-30 mins. If you feel they are a bit uncooked, bake for 2-3 more mins but not more than 35 mins.

Snowball Cookies | Christmas Cookies Recipe

5. When still warm, roll in icing sugar until well coated, let them cool, and store in an air-tight container for up to a week.

Snowball Cookies | Christmas Cookies Recipe

These are very easy and eggless cookies you can bake for Christmas and give away to people. The pecans give it a lovely flavour although I’d love to try the cashew nut version of snowball cookies they have in Anns.

They are a bit chewy with some crunch from the nuts. It’s a good idea to lightly toast them before use but I used these pecans right out of the bag. The cookies themselves are not too sweet so be generous when dusting with the powdered / icing sugar.

Note that I use unbleached flour for my baking so the cookies are a bit darker than they would be if you use regular plain flour.

Snowball Cookies | Christmas Cookies Recipe

So, what are you baking this Christmas? 🙂

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  1. lalitha

    March 22, 2013 at 10:59 am

    Hi Nags!
    I have been following you blog for a long time and have tried many of your recipes (carrot cake to no bake brownies to pull apart rolls to banarasi dum aaloo) and have been recieving compliments from all around. The snowball cookies turned out absolutely great and the kids loved them. Now they are demanding homemade fruit biscuits & chand biscuits (in the Karachi Bakery style). Please help me out here.

    regards

    lalitha

    Reply
  2. Shamsa Habib

    January 9, 2013 at 4:51 am

    Hi i would like to know if these cookies melt in your mouth as i recall i used to eat snowball cookies my friend made for me would melt in the mouth.
    Sam.

    Reply
  3. Shamsa Habib

    January 9, 2013 at 4:47 am

    Do these cookies melt in your mouth, i had snowball cookies before and i lost the recipe.
    Sam

    Reply
  4. Sminu Mary

    August 17, 2012 at 9:47 pm

    hey.. i tried this recipe… it came out well.. so easy to make.. 🙂
    very nice selection of recipes in this blog.. love it
    keep cooking. 🙂

    Reply
  5. Anonymous

    June 3, 2012 at 9:38 am

    So sweet yummy!!!!!!!

    Reply
  6. Anonymous

    January 9, 2012 at 1:02 am

    Thank you very much for this awesome recipe. I've been lurking for quite some time on your blog and these snowball cookies were really hard to resist.

    Just finished making them and had to tell you how awesome they are.
    Thanks again 🙂
    Arathi

    Reply
  7. Katie

    December 22, 2011 at 9:05 pm

    I made these following your recipe, except with chocolate chips. They were lovely, and very much enjoyed by my family. Great recipe, will definitely be making them again.

    I have a few pics on my blog
    http://faithlessmusing.blogspot.com/

    Reply
  8. Amy

    December 10, 2011 at 5:10 am

    These look perfect for the Holidays. 🙂 I'm going to make some and package them for gift-giving. Thanks for sharing.

    Reply
  9. Swapna

    December 9, 2011 at 1:16 pm

    These are my favorite too… But two things I still buy from Anns are their Caramel Tarts and white halwa :)… Your cookies came out perfectly!

    Reply
  10. Ann Thottam

    December 8, 2011 at 8:28 pm

    These are my favorite cookies! I know them as Mexican Wedding Cookies (you can also find them under recipes for Russian Wedding cookies, funny enough!). I always make a batch for Christmas time.

    Reply
  11. anishathefoodie

    December 8, 2011 at 6:56 pm

    Wow the cookies look really cute Nags so christmasy. I remember Anns with the most fond memories their pastries and black halwa esp. It is still a must visit every time I go home.

    Reply
  12. Nags

    December 9, 2011 at 12:56 am

    yes i have heard these are also called mexican wedding cookies or russian wedding cookies. even melting moments are wedding cookies i think 🙂 hope you try the snowball cookies! 🙂

    Reply
  13. divya

    December 8, 2011 at 3:45 pm

    Drooling here……awesome recipe

    Reply
  14. Spandana

    December 8, 2011 at 11:15 am

    I love the snowballs.. it looks simple to make…
    They look perfect for the Christmas!!

    Reply
  15. Vidhya

    December 8, 2011 at 3:50 am

    so beautiful – i love the eggless version though !

    Reply
  16. Madhavi

    December 7, 2011 at 9:30 pm

    Greattt snowball cookies :))

    http://vegetarianmedley.blogspot.com/

    Reply
  17. Reshmi Mahesh

    December 7, 2011 at 8:22 pm

    These cookies looks perfect and tempting…

    Reply
  18. gayathre

    December 7, 2011 at 8:17 pm

    Hi Nags,

    Thanks for the nice and simple recipe!
    At what temperature should we bake them?

    Reply
    • Nagalakshmi V

      January 12, 2012 at 11:12 am

      Bake at 300F / 160C

      Reply
  19. Marilyn

    December 7, 2011 at 6:57 pm

    These look great. Are they soft, crumbly, etc?

    Reply
  20. Jyoti

    December 7, 2011 at 6:12 pm

    Perfect festive cookies!

    Reply
  21. Nags

    December 8, 2011 at 2:08 am

    These cookies are chewy and crumbly

    Reply
  22. Divya Vikram

    December 8, 2011 at 12:36 am

    Havent tasted snowball cookies but these sure look delicious with all that sugar on top!

    Reply
  23. Priti

    December 7, 2011 at 2:56 pm

    So cute and wish I can see snow here like those in your cookie !!

    Reply
  24. Zareena

    December 7, 2011 at 1:39 pm

    These look lovely. I never tried these before. This looks so easy, bookmarked this. One query Nagalakshmi, is that a silicon mat on which you kept the dough balls before baking? I just wanted to know.

    Reply
  25. Aarthi

    December 7, 2011 at 1:19 pm

    wow..i have tasted this..we call this as maida biscuit here..I love it a lot..will surely try it..

    Reply
  26. PriyaVaasu

    December 7, 2011 at 12:22 pm

    Cute Looking Cookies!!! Double Happy to see them eggless, bookmarking them!!!!!!

    Reply
  27. Kadhyaa

    December 7, 2011 at 11:31 am

    thats such lovely cooking cokkies..simple and yummy 🙂

    Reply
  28. Arch

    December 7, 2011 at 11:11 am

    These look really cute, seem pretty simple…I am planning on making that Christmas cake from the link you posted…

    Reply
  29. sathiarani

    December 7, 2011 at 11:00 am

    made them recently for divali…there are easy to make and yummy….

    Reply
  30. Priya

    December 7, 2011 at 10:53 am

    Those cookies looks extremely cute and quite addictive..

    Reply
  31. chinmayie

    December 7, 2011 at 9:10 am

    Yummy! I can totally understand why you had these by the packet 🙂
    I am already baking far too many cookies this December but this one deserves to be tried 🙂

    Reply
  32. PJ

    December 7, 2011 at 9:01 am

    I have never tasted these cookies but your post is really tempting me to try them out. The eggless version sounds just right for me. Am definitely baking these and will be back to share our experience :). Thanks for the awesome recipe….

    Reply
  33. Shema George

    December 7, 2011 at 3:18 pm

    these cookies look perfect !
    LifeScoops

    Reply
  34. Nags

    December 7, 2011 at 2:39 pm

    Yes thats a silicon mat, silpat

    Reply
  35. Sharmilee! :)

    December 7, 2011 at 9:55 am

    Sounds quick and easy too…Yummy looking cookies perfect for the occassion

    Reply
  36. RAKS KITCHEN

    December 7, 2011 at 9:20 am

    Sounds too good and easy! Loved it!

    Reply
  37. Nags

    December 7, 2011 at 9:05 am

    Snowball cookies are probably the easiest things you will bake 🙂 Try them! It definitely helps that they are eggless!

    Reply
    • PJ

      February 27, 2012 at 2:25 pm

      Hi Nags, I finally made these cookies and as u rightly said, its so easy!I have just posted it in my blog. Thanks for the recipe 🙂

      Reply

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