Recipe: Delicious Chocolate Chip Snowball Cookies

Chocolate Chip Snowball Cookies. Chocolate Chip Snowball Cookies have no nuts so they're allergy friendly - and hello, CHOCOLATE. These are one of my MOST POPULAR cookie recipes! Snowball cookies are also called Russian Tea Cakes, Wedding Cookies, and Butter Balls.

Be sure to coat yours with a generous dusting of powdered sugar while they're still warm for that classic "snowball" look. After one bite you'll be dreaming about these Heavenly Chocolate Chip Snowball Cookies! These cookies just melt in your mouth and their irresistible, sweet, buttery flavor makes them dangerously addicting! You can have Chocolate Chip Snowball Cookies using 8 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Chocolate Chip Snowball Cookies

1. You need 1 1/2 cup of (3 sticks) butter softened.
2. You need 3/4 cup of Powdered sugar.
3. It's 1 tbsp of Vanilla extract.
4. You need 1/2 tsp of Salt.
5. It's 3 cup of All-purpose flour.
6. It's 2 cup of (12 oz pack) semi-sweet chocolate morsels (optional).
7. You need 1 cup of Finely chopped nuts (optional).
8. Prepare 1 of as needed Powdered sugar.

These Chocolate Chip Snowball Cookies are a chocolate take on the classic cookie. These cookies have always been my favorite Christmas cookie. Russian Tea Cakes, Mexican Wedding Cookies, Snowball Cookies- whatever you call them, they are so delicious!! These Chocolate Chip Snowball Cookies are little buttery cookies with a melt in your mouth texture covered in powdered sugar.

Chocolate Chip Snowball Cookies instructions

1. Preheat oven to 375?F.
2. Beat butter, sugar, vanilla extract and salt in large mixer bowl until creamy. Gradually beat in flour; stir in morsels and nuts. Shape level tablespoons of dough into 1-1/4 in balls. Place on ungreased baking sheets..
3. Bake for 10 to 12 minutes or until cookies are set and lightly browned. Remove from oven. Sift powdered sugar over hot cookies on baking sheets. Cool on baking sheets for 10 minutes; remove to wire racks to cool completely. Sprinkle with additional powdered sugar, if desired. Store in airtight containers..

These chocolate chip snowball cookies are buttery, light, and flaky. They're stuffed with miniature chocolate chips and coated in powdered sugar. Looking for different variations of this cookie? Try out these peppermint snowball cookies or the original version — these Mexican wedding cookies next! You've probably heard of a traditional butter cookie that's made with nuts and powdered sugar.