Please help me identify and find a recipe for this cookie. They taste similar to a shortbread or sugar cookie. They don't contain nuts and are covered in powdered sugar. They are ball shaped. I remember rolling them with my grandmother when I was a kid, but every recipe my grandmother had died with her. Any idea what they could be?
Also, what are your favorite holiday cookies to make? I would like to try making a variety of Christmas cookies this year. I have made simple cut-out cookies with my son using a box mix for a kind of shortbread cookie. I couldn't find the same box mix in the supermarkets recently. (I am living in Japan now. The only ones I can find contain almond paste. Since some people on my gift giving list can't eat nuts, I want to avoid using that.) I have a chocolate chip cookie recipe, oatmeal cookie recipe, and sugar cookie recipe. I haven't made the sugar cookie recipe before, but a friend gave me it. Is gingerbread difficult to make? Does anyone have a good recipe for snickerdoodles? Any cookie recipes that use nutmeg? My family likes cinnamon and nutmeg a lot. We have lots of cute cookie cutters. I would like to do some cut-out cookies. Please share your favorite recipes for cookies?
I think I found them. I had no idea this cookie had so many different names. I think I will call them snowballs. Well, at least at Christmas time. It is so interesting that they are called Russian teacakes and Mexican wedding cakes: two cultures on the opposite sides of the world. I like them even more. That kind of fits with our family. I can't wait to try baking them. Now, if only I had an oven big enough to do the baking in one or two rounds. Japanese ovens are so small! I made one big tupperware container full of cut out cookies spending an entire day on Easter. Six small cookies at a time. That is why I tend to do the bar cookies more often here. But my son loves cutting cookies, and he will probably like rolling them as well. Thank you so much for the other recipes as well. I will have to look for some candy canes, and that chocolate recipe sounds like pure joy. Although, I am the only one in our family who likes chocolate. Unfortunately, I won't be able to use the cakebox recipe. Japanese people don't really make cakes from mixes. They either buy a pre-made sponge cake and decorate, or get one from a cake shop. I have seen cake mixes from the States in a couple of shops that carry foreign foods, but one box costs about ¥650. That's a little to rich for instant cake. I love making cakes from scratch. They aren't so hard with a little time and practice. Perhaps, I could use the dry ingredients to one of my cake recipes and play around with it a little. Thanks for giving me an idea. I like being creative in the kitchen.
I thought of Russian Teacakes (also called Mexican Wedding Cakes), too.
You make balls small so they are bite sized, then you roll them while slightly warm from the oven in powdered sugar, then roll then in it again once they are completely cool.
http://www.christmas-cookies.com/recipes/recipe29.russian...
Could you be looking for Snow Balls?
Here s a recipe.. You could leave out the pecans.
I always chill this dough before rolling them into balls.
http://oldfarmhousecooking.blogspot.com/2009/12/tradition...
I found the easiest cookie recipe ever. They are called 1, 2, 3 Cookies:
1 box any flavor cake mix
1 egg
1 stick of butter (room temp)
Mix together (its VERY thick), make into balls, bake at 350 for 8-10 min. Sprinkle with powdered sugar if you wish.
I made these for our cookie exchange at church. I made the double choc (tasted like brownies), spice and red velvet. My kids LOVED them. You can also use the sugar free cake mix. These are good if you want something inexpensive and easy. Good luck!
Here's a recipe that might be similar. It does call for nuts, but I've made them without nuts, and the recipe works fine. These are a little time-consuming to make, but SO worth it! Bon appetit!
Peppermint Candy Cookies
Makes 3 dozen
The Dough
1 cup (2 sticks) butter, softened (do not substitute margarine or shortening)
½ cup confectioner’s sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 ½ cups all-purpose flour
½ cup walnuts, chopped
Cream the butter, sugar, and vanilla together until fluffy. Add the flour and walnuts and blend to form a dough (will be a little crumbly). Form into a brick, wrap in plastic wrap, and chill for at least 1 hour.
Candy Mixture for Garnish
¼ pound peppermint candy, crushed fine (if you are using the round candies, you’ll need about 22 of them)
½ cup confectioner’s sugar
In a small bowl, combine both ingredients. Set aside. Three tablespoons of this mixture is used in the filling below, and the remainder is used to garnish the cookies.
The Filling
2 tablespoons cream cheese, softened
1 teaspoon milk
1 drop red food coloring
½ cup confectioner’s sugar
3 tablespoons candy mixture (see above)
In a bowl, blend together the cream cheese, milk, food coloring, and the confectioner’s sugar until smooth. Blend in the 3 tablespoons candy mixture.
Remove the dough from the refrigerator and cut into 36 equal pieces. Form each piece into a ball, and shape the dough around your thumb to make a little compartment in the middle. Place a scant ¼ teaspoon of the cream cheese filling in the depression. Pinch the dough back together and roll it back into a ball. Please note that this step will likely drive you to drink; it’s harder than it sounds. If you have middle school children available whom you can force into doing this for you, by all means, do. Be sure to turn the Christmas music up loud so you can’t hear them complaining. Repeat the process until you use all your dough and filling. Place the balls on a nonstick cookie sheet. Bake in a preheated 350˚ oven for 10 – 12 minutes. Do not brown.
Remove the cookies to a cooling rack. To garnish, roll the cooled cookies in the remaining candy mixture.
Seriously one of the best chocolate cookies ever!!! Yum.
Chocolate Truffle Cookies
4 (1oz.)sq.unsweetened chocolate
2c.(12oz.) semi-sweet chocolate chips
1/3 c. butter
1 c.sugar
3 eggs
1and1/2 tsp.vanilla
1/2 c. flour
2 Tbsp. baking cocoa
1/4 tsp.baking powder
1/4 tsp.salt
confectioners sugar
In microwave melt together unsweetened chocolate, 1 cup chocolate chips and butter.
Cool about 10 minutes. In an electric mixing bowl, beat sugar and eggs 2 minutes.
Beat in vanilla and chocolate mixture. Combine flour, cocoa, baking powder and salt. Beat
into the chocolate mixture. Stir in by hand, 1 c. remaining chocolate chips. Cover and chill
at least 3 hours. Roll dough into small balls. Place on ungreased cookie sheet
or parchment paper on pans. Bake @ 350 for 10 to 12 min.or until lightly puffed and set.
Cool on pans 3-4 min before removing to a wire rack to cool. Dust with confectioners sugar
Makes about 4 doz.
"Russian Teacakes" cookies. *there are many versions of it.
Usually it contains nuts.
You do not have to, add the nuts. I don't.
I make mine nut free and it is still very good.
I made a bunch recently.
It is VERY easy to make or to make ahead of time.
All it requires is butter, powdered sugar, and flour.
My recipe is from Betty Crocker's "Cooky Book."
MANY good recipes, from this cooky book. Look online.
MANY MANY classic good, cookies and recipes that you will probably remember from childhood.
This cookbook has ALL the recipes you mentioned you wanted.
Gingerbread is not hard - and my kids love it.
http://allrecipes.com/recipe/soft-gingerbread-cookies/
Snickerdoodles are easy and fun for kids too.
http://www.bettycrocker.com/recipes/snickerdoodle-cookies...
pin wheels were always my favorite
I think they are wedding cookies. If you search for mexican wedding cakes you can find some too. I make mine without nut even though they usually call for them.
