Snowball cookies

silverfinger · 11-23-2012, 08:20 PM

My mom made these every year during the holidays. They were my favorite. Here's the recipe. Happy holidays!!

Sorry about it being sideways.

LMAJ · 11-23-2012, 08:37 PM

My mom used to make those too - you mix the dough, roll them, I think they needed to go back in the fridge for a bit, then bake them and roll them in the powdered sugar... good memories!

silverfinger · 11-23-2012, 08:53 PM

Thanks for the tips lmaj. I never hung out and watched her make them but they sure were dam good. Any tips from anyone else would be awesome!!!

bigabyte · 11-23-2012, 10:06 PM

My grandmother made those. Very addictive. Betcha can't eat just one. I looked through her cookbook but that recipe is not in there. Thanks for sharing.

gtr · 11-23-2012, 11:47 PM

Thanks for putting that up! We have a binder fill of family recipes from grandmothers, aunts, moms, newspapers, magazines, printed out stuff from here, etc. I need to scan those things one day - family recipes are a treasure.

Big George's BBQ · 11-24-2012, 07:27 AM

Very nice and low fat too

Wampus · 11-24-2012, 08:45 AM

Are those the ones that are kinda hard? Sort of shortbread cookies rolled in powdered sugar?

If so, that's one of Mom's regulars too. My wife makes em every year now. We always called em "Mexican Wedding Cakes". Don't know why?

fingerlickin' · 11-24-2012, 10:22 AM

Sounds like the cressent cookies that we have. Are the nuts ground up in the batter? They are good and I'm not a nut lover myself.

LMAJ · 11-24-2012, 11:49 AM

Yeppers - will ask my mom for the details and post them here.

silverfinger · 11-30-2012, 04:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Wampus

Are those the ones that are kinda hard? Sort of shortbread cookies rolled in powdered sugar?

If so, that's one of Mom's regulars too. My wife makes em every year now. We always called em "Mexican Wedding Cakes". Don't know why?

Sorry for the late response.
That would be the one wampus.
I never herd anyone call them that.

cowgirl · 11-30-2012, 05:35 PM

They sound great! Thanks for posting your recipe.

LMAJ · 11-30-2012, 05:41 PM

OK - here's the details as my family makes them...

Pecan Dreams

1/2 lb butter
4 Tb 10X sugar
2 tsp. vanilla
2 cups Flour
1 cup chopped nuts

Extra Confectioners Sugar for rolling the cookies in.

Cream butter and sugar.
Add vanilla, flour and nuts.
roll into balls
Bake for barely 15 minutes @ 350

Roll in confectioners sugar while still warm.
Makes about 4 dozen small cookies.

tish · 11-30-2012, 10:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Wampus

Are those the ones that are kinda hard? Sort of shortbread cookies rolled in powdered sugar?

If so, that's one of Mom's regulars too. My wife makes em every year now. We always called em "Mexican Wedding Cakes". Don't know why?

The recipe sounds really similar to some I learned to make while I was working at the Lipton Tea Co. a million years ago. They weren't hard, and they weren't cut into bars. They were regular soft, round cookies, and the baker called them "Mexican Wedding Cookies." All the employees were crazy for them. They were delicious!

jacksedona · 11-30-2012, 10:25 PM

thank you for the recipe and have a merry christmas to all the bbq-brethren

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Toast · 11-30-2012, 10:30 PM

Very Cool Sir. Mom approved, Got to try them. That's the best baking there is.

11-23-2012, 08:20 PM	#1
silverfinger is One Chatty Farker Join Date: 08-02-10 Location: Torrance California Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Snowball cookies My mom made these every year during the holidays. They were my favorite. Here's the recipe. Happy holidays!! Sorry about it being sideways. __________________ I woke up to the smell of BBQ and I said to myself, self, This Is Going To Be A Good Day! Winner of the 1st annual BBQ Brethren Beard War! 50 year Old Imperial Kamado with ears. Another old Kamado. Size #3. 22" fire pit with Weber lid. Nothing like a big fire after dinner. Weber gasser with side burner, silver. 22" Weber Kettle Gold. 14" Smokey Joe Silver. BLACK THERMAPENYes, It's FAST.

11-23-2012, 08:37 PM	#2
LMAJ Quintessential Chatty Farker Join Date: 07-01-07 Location: Southeastern Pa Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	My mom used to make those too - you mix the dough, roll them, I think they needed to go back in the fridge for a bit, then bake them and roll them in the powdered sugar... good memories! __________________ L-M Official Pennsylvania MOINK Ball maker 1 Large BGE - 7/5/08 1 Large BGE and table - 8/29/12 1 18.5 new to me WSM Super Fast BLUE and RED Thermapen 1 - The Great Outdoors Smoker Sea Bug cooker 1 - Fantastic hubby - the original Big Al _______________________________________ Enjoy the little things, for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things. - Robert Brault

11-23-2012, 08:53 PM	#3
silverfinger is One Chatty Farker Join Date: 08-02-10 Location: Torrance California Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Thanks for the tips lmaj. I never hung out and watched her make them but they sure were dam good. Any tips from anyone else would be awesome!!! __________________ I woke up to the smell of BBQ and I said to myself, self, This Is Going To Be A Good Day! Winner of the 1st annual BBQ Brethren Beard War! 50 year Old Imperial Kamado with ears. Another old Kamado. Size #3. 22" fire pit with Weber lid. Nothing like a big fire after dinner. Weber gasser with side burner, silver. 22" Weber Kettle Gold. 14" Smokey Joe Silver. BLACK THERMAPENYes, It's FAST.

11-23-2012, 10:06 PM	#4
bigabyte somebody shut me the fark up. Join Date: 05-10-06 Location: Overland Fark, KS Downloads: 1 Uploads: 1	My grandmother made those. Very addictive. Betcha can't eat just one. I looked through her cookbook but that recipe is not in there. Thanks for sharing. __________________ Chris Baker For great food and and an even better time join the BBQ Brethren Throwdowns *First ever recipient of the Silverfinger Award!* Yes, I own a whole bunch of BBQ crap also. *Certified MOINK Baller & IMBAS Certified MOINK Ball Judge #0003 - Get your MOINK Certification today!* The Secret Squirrel Society doesn't exist - Zero Club member

11-23-2012, 11:47 PM	#5
gtr Quintessential Chatty Farker Join Date: 10-16-10 Location: Culver City, CA Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	Thanks for putting that up! We have a binder fill of family recipes from grandmothers, aunts, moms, newspapers, magazines, printed out stuff from here, etc. I need to scan those things one day - family recipes are a treasure. __________________ 50" Klose BYC, Backwoods Chubby, UDS, 26" & 22.5" Weber Kettles, Jumbo Joe, WGA, WSJ/MUDS, Jumbo Old Smokey, Pig Hibachi, a piece of expanded metal I throw over the fire pit sometimes, Stealthy Black & Vol Orange Thermapens Displaced East Tennesseean Proud recipient of a Tick Former outlaw MOINK baller, now IMBAS Certified, but still lookin' over my shoulder. Golden Goose Egg - Got 2 in the nest baby! SPFP Mayzie's keeping an eye out for you! WTFWGALD?

11-24-2012, 07:27 AM	#6
Big George's BBQ somebody shut me the fark up. Join Date: 02-07-08 Location: Phoenixville, PA Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Very nice and low fat too __________________ Large BIG Green EGG- Hatched 8/17/09 Backwoods Extented Party Weber Genesis Gasser Mid Atlantic BBQ Association KCBS Back Porch BBQ Competition BBQ Team When all else fails ask yourself WWGALD

11-24-2012, 08:45 AM	#7
Wampus somebody shut me the fark up. Join Date: 06-05-09 Location: Mooresville, IN Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Are those the ones that are kinda hard? Sort of shortbread cookies rolled in powdered sugar? If so, that's one of Mom's regulars too. My wife makes em every year now. We always called em "Mexican Wedding Cakes". Don't know why? __________________ Big JT's Smokin' BBQ Competition Team “If we could change ourselves, the tendencies in the world would also change. As a man changes his own nature, so does the attitude of the world change towards him. We need not wait to see what others do.” - Mahatma Gandhi

11-24-2012, 10:22 AM	#8
fingerlickin' Babbling Farker Join Date: 07-08-10 Location: Boyertown, PA Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Sounds like the cressent cookies that we have. Are the nuts ground up in the batter? They are good and I'm not a nut lover myself. __________________ Jason "I can get a good look at a T-bone by sticking my head up a bull's a$$, but I'd rather take a butcher's word for it". - Tommy Callahan III XL Big Green Egg, 22.5 Weber OTS, WSJ Gold/Mini WSM, 18" & 22" WSM Flyers Orange Thermapen WAEFAY...WWGALD???

11-24-2012, 11:49 AM	#9
LMAJ Quintessential Chatty Farker Join Date: 07-01-07 Location: Southeastern Pa Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Yeppers - will ask my mom for the details and post them here. __________________ L-M Official Pennsylvania MOINK Ball maker 1 Large BGE - 7/5/08 1 Large BGE and table - 8/29/12 1 18.5 new to me WSM Super Fast BLUE and RED Thermapen 1 - The Great Outdoors Smoker Sea Bug cooker 1 - Fantastic hubby - the original Big Al _______________________________________ Enjoy the little things, for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things. - Robert Brault

11-30-2012, 05:35 PM	#11
cowgirl somebody shut me the fark up. Join Date: 07-18-07 Location: Oklahoma Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	They sound great! Thanks for posting your recipe. __________________ jeanie sittin' by the campfire with my Brethren friends. Lifetime member of the Society for the Preservation of Authentic Royal Magical Rare Kaskaskian Peppers (Thanks Ash :)) http://cowgirlscountry.blogspot.com/

11-30-2012, 05:41 PM	#12
LMAJ Quintessential Chatty Farker Join Date: 07-01-07 Location: Southeastern Pa Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	OK - here's the details as my family makes them... Pecan Dreams 1/2 lb butter 4 Tb 10X sugar 2 tsp. vanilla 2 cups Flour 1 cup chopped nuts Extra Confectioners Sugar for rolling the cookies in. Cream butter and sugar. Add vanilla, flour and nuts. roll into balls Bake for barely 15 minutes @ 350 Roll in confectioners sugar while still warm. Makes about 4 dozen small cookies. __________________ L-M Official Pennsylvania MOINK Ball maker 1 Large BGE - 7/5/08 1 Large BGE and table - 8/29/12 1 18.5 new to me WSM Super Fast BLUE and RED Thermapen 1 - The Great Outdoors Smoker Sea Bug cooker 1 - Fantastic hubby - the original Big Al _______________________________________ Enjoy the little things, for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things. - Robert Brault

11-30-2012, 10:25 PM	#14
jacksedona Take a breath! Join Date: 03-11-12 Location: phoenix,arizona Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	thank you for the recipe and have a merry christmas to all the bbq-brethren http://thebarbecuemaster.net __________________ alan weber smoker,one touch,go anywhere,masterbuilt

11-30-2012, 10:30 PM	#15
Toast Babbling Farker Join Date: 03-17-12 Location: Shreveport, LA Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	Very Cool Sir. Mom approved, Got to try them. That's the best baking there is. __________________ Cooking Equipment: Weber WSM Weber Spirit S-320 Charbroil Oilless Turkey Fryer Weber GA Wife LuzziAnn 1956 model. Maverick ET-732 Superfast LSU Purple Thermapen