LOVED these! My kids weren't keen on the nuts that I added, which worked out great for me & I ate the lot!

I like this recipe, but if you don't use UNSALTED butter, the recipe WILL be too salty. I tried to make them with margargine to appease my husband and they came out tasting like a salt lick!! Every other time I have made them they have come out great. I do make them on the small side, because since they are covered in powdered sugar, they tend to be too messy if you have to take a couple bites of them. It is better to make them small enough to pop in your mouth in one bite. I also use silicone baking mats opposed to greasing my baking sheets and wait for the bottoms to just be slightly browned. before I remove them from the oven. When they have cooled COMPLETELY, I put a whole bunch of powdered sugar in one or two sealable bags (depending on the size I have on hand) and drop in the cookies. I shake them and leave them in there until I am ready to serve them, that way the sugar doesn't soak in and they look beautiful and perfect all covered in "snow".

I have not made Snowballs in years and was glad to find a recipe similar to mine. These are so easy to make and taste wonderful. However, I would suggest mixing the dough, shaping into a ball and chilling it for about an hour prior to making cookie balls. I didn't do this at first and ended up doing so. The dough was much easier to work with and the cookies came out perfect with no flattening.

good christmas cookies! Just like I remember. I agree to roll the dough twice in the powdered sugar - once right after the cookies come out of the oven and then again a few minutes later.

I lost my recipe for Snowballs, which I make every year for Christmas, and while these were not as good as the ones I've made in the past, they are pretty good! I would suggest making them smaller rather than larger in size, they are not as doughy this way and you get more icing sugar per mouthful of cookie this way: definitley delicious. Also, as some of the users have said in the other reviews, rolling them (or as I did, filling a bowl with icing sugar and shaking the cookies in the bowl for a less dense coating) in the icing sugar while hot, then letting them cool and sifting new icing sugar over them makes them taste soooo good!

mmm... this sounds great an easy for the grandkids to even help with .

delicious. Wouldn't change a thing. Huge hit at Christmas.

During the Christmas holiday I made 6 different types of cookies. These were the easiest and most delicious of them all. I couldn't believe how fast they disappeared. These cookies are absolutly wonderful and are now a permanent part of my Holiday cookie tray. Thank you so much for sharing this recipe.

Delicious cookie. In an effort to preserve the round shape, I too put mine in the frige prior to baking - they still came out mound shaped. Covered with powdered sugar, they look more like igloos than snow balls, so that's what I'm going to call mine. Thanks for a great cookie recipe.

Tasty and delish! A definite keeper. All the girls at the office raved about these cookies.

When I started making these, I was wondering how such a simple batter could turn into such wonderful cookies.. but OH MY GOODNESS these are soooo tasty! As others had said, I put my batter (already balled up on the cookie sheets) into the fridge before baking, and all but 2 cake out perfectly round. I used walnuts (as that was what I had) and they seemed to do the job. Also, I only waited about 5 minutes before rolling in the sugar, and that seemed to be fine as well. I'm anxious to see if they taste as good cooled as they do warm!

OMG...these are so WONDERFUL!!! It yielded double what it said it would (not that we minded much). Definitely roll the cookies once while they are hot and then again once they have cooled. It makes a world of difference!

Absolutly Delicious! After reading previous reviews I put the cookies in the refrigerator before I baked them. They held their shape well.

Is it possible that folks are experiencing trouble because of the white sugar? I have made snowballs, aka Mexican Wedding Cakes, aka Swedish Tea Cakes for as long as I can remember and have always used powdered sugar in the dough.

I make these every year for Christmas. They are easy, delicious, and make great presents!

I had three relatives come up to me ans ask for this recipe, only they called them different names. Mexican wedding cakes & Russian tea cakes

I cant stop eating them!