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I might just love cookies as much as I love pie, and that’s saying a lot. But okay, let’s admit it. Healthy cookies taste, well, healthy. Not these babies! They are made with REAL, nutrient-dense ingredients, and they’re to die for. Crispy, buttery, scrumptious.
These cookies go by a lot of names – Snow Balls, Mexican Wedding Cookies, Butterballs, and Russian Tea Cakes. But they’ve always been Russian Tea Cookies to me. Ok, enough talking about them; let make them:
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Russian Tea Cakes before rolling in sugar.
Do you make these Russian Tea Cookies? What do YOU call them?

Russian Tea Cookies
Ingredients
- 1 cup butter softened
- 1/2 cup organic coconut sugar
- 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
- 2 cups organic sprouted whole wheat flour
- 1/4 teaspoon sea salt
- 1 cup organic walnuts soaked, dried and chopped small*
- 1/2 cup organic cane sugar for coating
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F.
- Cream butter, sugar and vanilla.
- Mix in flour and salt until just blended.
- Mix in chopped walnuts.
- Roll into 1" balls and place on cookie sheet an inch or so apart.
- Bake for 12 minutes.
- When cool, roll in organic cane sugar which has been processed in a food processor to make it powdery. Coat with the sugar several times.
Notes
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Annie says
Do these freeze well? Can I make them ahead?
Susan says
Yes, absolutely. I also steal them from the freezer and eat them frozen. 🙂
TMC says
These are one of my favourite cookies! Thanks so much for sharing a real food recipe for them. I’m definitely going to bake up a batch this winter. : )
Susan says
Enjoy!
Kathy says
These look delicious… what if I skipped the walnuts? Thanks for sharing… found you on real food Wednesday!
Susan says
Yes, that will work, Kathy.
Rebekah says
Would these work with almonds?
Susan says
I haven’t tried almonds, Rebekah, but I would think so.
Joyce @ It's Your Life says
These look good, pinning to my dessert board. Followed you here from The HomeAcre Hop, love for you to share on Real Food Fridays.
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Jackie Patti says
These sound yummy!
Susan says
More than yummy! 🙂
dude says
How many do they make
dude says
TELL MEH i had to do a project that involves them and feed them too my class and i need to know how many they make REALLY REALLY soon, so tell meh!!!!!!!!!!
Susan Vinskofski says
Aproximately 40 – 48 cookies.