How to Make Yummy Russian Walnut Tea Cookies

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Russian Walnut Tea Cookies. Delicious little "tea cakes", as they are known in my family, these traditional cookies are great with coffee as well as tea. The look of a freshly baked Russian tea cake with some powdered sugar on the top like a dust from a fresh bout of snow and a surprise crunchy inside with. These are THE BEST Russian Tea cookies I have ever tried, baked and eaten!! I've used this recipe dozens of times and it's perfect. See more ideas about Russian tea cookies, Russian recipes, Tea cookies. ยท Pryaniki are a popular Russian cookie, often served with tea.

Russian Walnut Tea Cookies These honey spice cookies have vanilla, nutmeg, allspice and anise flavors, as well as the unique addition of coffee. Russian Tea Cakes (aka Snowball Cookies) are buttery cookies covered in powdered sugar! One of my most requested Christmas cookie recipes! You can cook Russian Walnut Tea Cookies using 7 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Russian Walnut Tea Cookies

  1. You need 1 1/2 cups of walnuts.
  2. Prepare 1 cup of butter, room temperature.
  3. Prepare 2 1/2 cup of flour.
  4. Prepare 1/2 cup of sugar.
  5. You need 1/2 tsp of salt.
  6. You need 1 tsp of cinnamon.
  7. Prepare of some powered sugar for rolling.

Finally, you'll stir in your nuts. I used chopped, toasted pecans but other nuts like walnuts or macadamia nuts would work as well. I have made these cookies twice now and they have flopped. I know how to follow a recipe and have made cookies from scratch before.

Russian Walnut Tea Cookies instructions

  1. Preheat over to 350 degrees F.
  2. Grind nuts to a coarse meal in a food processor.
  3. Beat butter and sugar with a mixer on high until light and fluffy.
  4. Gradually add flour to butter and sugar mixture.
  5. Add cinnamon, salt, and nuts then mix thoroughly. The dough should be crumbly but hold together when rolled in your hands..
  6. Form dough in 3/4 inch balls and place 1 inch apart on cookie sheets.
  7. Bake for about 15 minutes. Finished cookies should look raw on top, but have lightly browned undersides. Carefully lift one with a spatula to check..
  8. Remove from oven and cool for 5 minutes.
  9. Roll each cookie in powered sugar.

These Russian Tea Cakes are a classic holiday cookie. They look like little snowballs and are filled with walnuts. This recipe was slightly modified from a recipe shared with me by Tanya, a friend from church. I added more walnuts and subbed half the flour with whole wheat. Whether you call them Russian tea cakes, Mexican wedding cookies or snowballs, there's no denying that they're essential to bake during the Christmas season.