[recipes] Ma Savage’s Christmas snowballs...
Last year, around this time, Dan Savage promised to share his mom’s Christmas-cookie recipe with the readers of his blog. This year, someone wrote in reminding him, saying he would love to try it out if Dan was okay with sharing the recipe. Here is Dan's response:
"I’m delighted to share my mom’s Christmas cookie recipe. She made these chocolate snowballs every year when her kids were young. Once her kids were grown, Ma Savage shipped tins of these cookies to us if we couldn’t make it home for Christmas. Now I make them in December and ship tins off to my siblings on her behalf. It’s a great recipe for folks with little kids: There’s a step where you roll the dough into balls, a perfect job for little (freshly washed) hands.
I made some earlier this month, had a little sob (I’m still missing my mom), and got some tins off to my sibs. I’m happy to share my mom’s recipe with you, Jason, and with Savage Love readers."
Ma Savage’s Christmas snowballs
Sift flour, salt, & cocoa together. Cream butter & sugar until fluffy, & add vanilla. Gradually beat dry ingredients into butter & sugar. Blend in pecans. Form dough into a loaf, wrap it up, put in fridge overnight.
Cut loaf into inch-thick slices, cut slices into inch-square cubes, roll cubes into balls about one inch in diameter. Bake on ungreased cookie sheet for 20min max. Transfer cookies off sheets right away & allow to cool completely. Put cookies in tub or tin, sift confectioners’ sugar over cookies, put lid on, turn tin or tub over a few times to coat cookies with confectioners’ sugar.
Note: Contains wheat products, dairy products & nuts.
"I’m delighted to share my mom’s Christmas cookie recipe. She made these chocolate snowballs every year when her kids were young. Once her kids were grown, Ma Savage shipped tins of these cookies to us if we couldn’t make it home for Christmas. Now I make them in December and ship tins off to my siblings on her behalf. It’s a great recipe for folks with little kids: There’s a step where you roll the dough into balls, a perfect job for little (freshly washed) hands.
I made some earlier this month, had a little sob (I’m still missing my mom), and got some tins off to my sibs. I’m happy to share my mom’s recipe with you, Jason, and with Savage Love readers."
Ma Savage’s Christmas snowballs
- 2 c flour
- ⅛ tsp salt
- ½ c unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1¼ c butter
- ⅔ c sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 2 c pecans
- confectioners’ sugar
Sift flour, salt, & cocoa together. Cream butter & sugar until fluffy, & add vanilla. Gradually beat dry ingredients into butter & sugar. Blend in pecans. Form dough into a loaf, wrap it up, put in fridge overnight.
Cut loaf into inch-thick slices, cut slices into inch-square cubes, roll cubes into balls about one inch in diameter. Bake on ungreased cookie sheet for 20min max. Transfer cookies off sheets right away & allow to cool completely. Put cookies in tub or tin, sift confectioners’ sugar over cookies, put lid on, turn tin or tub over a few times to coat cookies with confectioners’ sugar.
Note: Contains wheat products, dairy products & nuts.