So, in an effort to impress, he made his great-grandmother's Russian tea cakes (cookies that go by many names, including snowballs, polvorones, and Mexican wedding cakes). A post shared by Duff ...

The cookies are a variation on a Mexican wedding cookie and Russian tea cakes recipe. They’re basically barely sweet nut balls rolled in powdered sugar. When I was a kid, we knew them as ...

and a prayer for the ‘Big Game’: Classic CLE Eats & Drinks Readers also insisted that I not confuse them with Russian tea cakes. Duly noted. Those are the cookies you see around the holidays ...

I could make all the varieties of cookies we arranged on plates for neighbors, teachers, the mailman and our relatives. Certain recipe cards came out only at Christmas: Russian tea cakes ...

Simple in taste and easy to make, tea cakes fall texturally somewhere among an unadorned cookie, cake or scone. And just as with many cookies and cakes, the recipe starts with creaming sugar and ...

'Ace of Cakes' star Duff Goldman shares the cookie recipe that he says sealed the deal and won over his wife's family ...