Best 4 Russian Wedding Cakes Recipes

WEDDING COOKIES (SNOWBALLS, RUSSIAN TEA CAKES)

Steps:

• Blend softened butter with powdered sugar. Add vanilla.
• Mix in salt, baking powder, flour and chopped pecans.
• Form dough into 1 inch balls or flattened cookies and place on an ungreased cookie sheet.
• Bake in a 325 degree oven for 12 minutes, until firm but not brown. While hot roll in powdered sugar. Let cool and roll again in powdered sugar.

PECAN PUFFS (AKA MEXICAN WEDDING CAKES OR RUSSIAN TEA CAKES)

Steps:

• Cream butter, add sugar and remaining ingredients.
• Roll into small balls, and place on cookie sheet.
• Bake in 325 F oven for 30 minutes.
• Roll balls into powdered sugar when hot, and again when cool.
• Note: These cookies taste best when thoroughly cooled (ie best served the next day--if you can wait!).

RUSSIAN WEDDING CAKES

Steps:

• Mix all ingredients thoroughly (if you find it easier to cream the sugar and butter first go ahead but it isn't necessary if you don't want to take the extra step).
• Shape dough into 1 inch balls and place on ungreased baking sheet. Bake for around 8 minutes (they burn easily) on middle rack at 400 degrees until set but not brown.
• While warm, roll in confectioner's sugar. Let cool, and roll in sugar again.

RUSSIAN TEACAKES OR MEXICAN WEDDING CAKES

Steps:

• 1. Heat oven to 400 F In a large mixing bowl, combine softened butter (2 sticks= 1 cup) powdered sugar 1/2 cup vanilla and almond extract 1/2tsp each *I like to cut my butter up even if it is soft, just makes the process easier. Beat with mixer at medium speed until light and fluffy.
• 2. In a bowl to the side ready to go... flour and salt, mix this up a bit with a fork or wisk.
• 3. Combine flour and butter mixture still using the mixer, and add pecans until blended. I have stopped short a few times and I liked it equally as well.
• 4. *Once combined, the mixture should be able to be made into walnut sized balls, any bigger or smaller you should adjust baking time. This is not a perfect science so don't worry over it.
• 5. Place the balls on a ungreased cookie sheet two inches apart. Bake for 10-12 minutes *Immediately roll cookies in powdered sugar. *Cool completely and REROLL cookies again in powdered sugar before storing.