Snowball Christmas Cookies

Snowball Christmas Cookies,  Russian Tea Cakes, Mexican Wedding Cookies,and Butterballs
 are many variations and names of this cookie

Ingredients

• 1 cup salted butter, softened
• 1/3 cup  sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2  cups Gluten Free flour 
• 1 cup finely chopped walnuts 
•  Powdered sugar for rolling cookies twice - about 11/2 cup

Instructions

In a stand mixer, cream butter and sugar together until light and fluffy. 

Add vanilla and flour and mix until just combined.

Add chopped pecans. beating at low speed, scraping bowl as necessary, until well mixed.
Roll dough into 2 tablespoon sized dough balls.

  Roll them in powder sugar

Place on prepared cookie sheet about 2 inches apart. Repeat until all the dough is used up. Bake cookies for 12 - 14 minutes until bottoms are just slightly brown,
Remove from oven and cool on baking pan for about 2 minutes   

While cookies are still warm, roll  them in powder sugar again.

 In a stand mixer, cream butter and sugar together until light and fluffy.

Add vanilla and flour and mix until just combined.

Add chopped pecans. beating at low speed, scraping bowl as necessary, until well mixed.

Roll dough into 2 tablespoon sized dough balls.

  roll them in icing sugar

Place on prepared cookie sheet about 2 inches apart. Repeat until all the dough is used up. Bake cookies for 12 - 14 minutes until bottoms are just slightly brown,Remove from oven and cool on baking pan for about 2 minutes

While cookies are still warm, roll  them in

 powder sugar again.

ENJOY!!!!

SOFT SUGAR COOKIES

SOFT SUGAR COOKIES

1    cup Sour Cream
1    tsp  Baking soda
1    tsp  Baking powder

1    cup Butter,softened  (2 sticks)
1&1/2    cups  Sugar
2 Eggs
1    tsp   Vanilla

4     Cups G/F Flour
1/4     tsp   Salt

after about  60 sec

Mix Sour Cream, Baking Soda and Baking Powder Togather.

Set Aside.




Beat Butter and Sugar in a Mixer till light and fluffy.

Butter

sugar

 till light and fluffy

Add Eggs

Mix well

Bending in Vanilla and the Sour Cream Mixture

vanilla

sour cream mixture

Gradually add flour and salt; mix well

I use Bob's Redmill 1 to 1 Baking flour

flour

salt

Heat Oven to 350
Drop Tablespoonfuls of dough on to greased or lined backing sheet

flatten by hand

or make dent in center for jam filling

I use orange marmalade 

Bake 12 to 15 min. or till center are set and edges are lightly browned

Let stand on baking sheets 3 min then remove to wire rack.
let cool completely.
Frost and enjoy
If You can wait that long!!