6. Remove the cookies from the baking sheets and roll in powdered sugar while still hot. Cool on wire racks and roll cookies again in powdered sugar before serving.

Christmas cookies: How to Make Russian Tea Cakes Published: Dec. 10, 2008, 2:18 p.m. By Susan Barnes ...

Place on ungreased baking sheet (cookies do not spread). Bake 10 to 12 minutes, or until set but not brown. While still warm, roll in powdered sugar. Cool and roll in powdered sugar again.

1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees F. 2. In a large bowl with an electric mixer, cream butter and granulated sugar until fluffy. Add vanilla and water; beat well. With a spoon, stir in flour and ...

While the cookies are still hot from the oven, roll them in a dish of confectioners' sugar. Cool on a rack. Wrap well with plastic, and place in an airtight container. (Published 2002) ...

Still, I came across them in exactly one of my many Mexican cookbooks, and then only as wedding “cookies” rather than cakes. Marge Poore, in “1,000 Mexican Recipes” (Hungry Minds, 2001 ...

Tea cookies seem to have origins from many different countries, but we're going with the recipe that dates back to 18th century Russia. No matter where they originated, we know no one can resist ...

Tea cookies seem to have origins from many different countries, but we're going with the recipe that dates back to 18th century Russia. No matter where they originated, we know no one can resist ...

There were the standards: butter cookies, Russian tea cakes, little nut sandwich cookies, nutmeg logs, shortbread colored and decorated to look like slices of lemon or orange, chocolate heart ...

But the senior Manni has the institutional memory. “Russian Tea Cakes have nothing to do with Russia or what the rest of the world thinks are Russian Tea Cakes,” Manni said. “They are a ...