Swedish Heirloom Cookies melt-in-your mouth cookies with a buttery almond flavor. They're also known as Snowball Cookies or Mexican Wedding Cookies, depending on where you're from!
Prep Time25 minutesmins
Cook Time14 minutesmins
Total Time39 minutesmins
Course: Cookies
Cuisine: American
Keyword: crescents, mexican wedding cookies, snowballs, swedish heirloom
Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
In a large mixing bowl, cream together the butter, powdered sugar and salt until smooth. Add in ground pecans, flour and egg. Slowly add water, vanilla, and almond extract. Beat until combined into a dough.
Shape dough into small balls and crescents, using about 1/2-1 Tbsp of dough. Place on cookie sheet. Bake for 12-14 minutes, until set.
While warm, roll cookies in powdered sugar. Store in airtight container for up to one week. Add more powdered sugar, if needed, when serving.
Notes
Swap the pecans for walnuts or almonds for a delicious twist.
Be sure to start with FRESH nuts, for best flavor. Toast the pecans too!
When shaping the dough, make them small. The smaller the better! One bite cookies are the best. I use about 1 Tablespoon of dough for each cookie, maybe a little bit less.
Be generous with the powdered sugar! Once they are cooled, sprinkle even more powdered sugar on them. You want the cookies to create a powdered sugar cloud that puffs into your face as you take a bite!
Store these cookies in an airtight container for up to one week. Feel free to add more powdered sugar just before serving!