Chocolate Snowballs

33 Reviews

Prep: 15 min
Cook: 20 min
Ready In: 3 hr 15 min

“If you like Russian Teacakes and chocolate, you'll love these tasty, tender cookies!” - by CRYSTAL-BEE

Ingredients

1 1/4 cups butter
2/3 cup white sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 cups all-purpose flour
1/8 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
2 cups chopped pecans
1/2 cup confectioners' sugar for decoration

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Original recipe yields 6 dozen

Directions

In a medium bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Stir in the vanilla. Sift together the flour, salt, and cocoa; stir into the creamed mixture. Mix in the pecans until well blended. Cover, and chill for at least 2 hours.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Roll chilled dough into 1 inch balls. Place on ungreased cookie sheets about 2 inches apart.
Bake for 20 minutes in preheated oven. Roll in confectioners' sugar when cooled.

Nutrition

Amount Per Serving (72 total)

Calories
74 cal
4%

Fat
5.5 g
8%

Carbs
6.1 g
2%

Based on a 2,000 calorie diet

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Reviews (33)

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GFORD0121

Dec. 21, 2002

"Very tasty! I didn't chill the dough and the cookies turned out just fine. Also I only cooked them 15 minutes...." See more"

PKEENE

Dec. 21, 2002

"Delicious! A big hit at my cookie exchange. Pretty, with a chocolate shortbread flavor--rich but not too sweet. I just dusted them with powdered sugar instead of rolling them--it was easier and just a..." See mores attractive, I think. Don't know why dough has to be refrigerated first--I skipped this step with one batch and the turned out just fine. Highly recommended!"

Jenn420

Dec. 7, 2007

"Kids and I made these, delicious! we omited the nuts because they don't like nuts and we substititued some oatmeal to keep the dough stiff, they didn't stay round like a snowball but they got eaten SO..." See more fast. Fun and tastey recipe we will make again!"

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