10 Russian Tea Cakes Recipes Ready to Rock It Around the Christmas Tree

• Prep:  20 min
• Total:  60 min
• Ingredients:  9
• Servings:  60

There’s a surprise wrapped up inside these snowballs and it’s specially made for chocolate lovers! That’s right these powdered sugar-coated cookies are chocolate on the inside and that’s not all. At the heart of each cookies is a Hershey’s® Kiss—can you think of cookie sweeter?

There’s a surprise wrapped up inside these snowballs and it’s specially made for chocolate lovers! That’s right these powdered sugar-coated cookies are chocolate on the inside and that’s not all. At the heart of each cookies is a Hershey’s® Kiss—can you think of cookie sweeter?

• Prep:  60 min
• Total:  1 hr 15 min
• Ingredients:  7
• Servings:  48

Looking for a Russian tea cake that tastes just like Grandma’s? You can’t go wrong with Betty’s classic Russian tea cake recipe. The rich nutty cookie prettily coated in powdered sugar is just a melt-in-your-mouth delicious as you remember.

Looking for a Russian tea cake that tastes just like Grandma’s? You can’t go wrong with Betty’s classic Russian tea cake recipe. The rich nutty cookie prettily coated in powdered sugar is just a melt-in-your-mouth delicious as you remember.

• Prep:  20 min
• Total:  1 hr 20 min
• Ingredients:  6
• Servings:  44

Flour, butter, one egg, powdered sugar, pecans and a package of Betty Crocker™ sugar cookie mix—if you’ve got these simple ingredients, you can have a sheet of cookies baking in only 20 minutes. Just because the season is busy, doesn’t mean you have to miss out on your favorite cookie.

Flour, butter, one egg, powdered sugar, pecans and a package of Betty Crocker™ sugar cookie mix—if you’ve got these simple ingredients, you can have a sheet of cookies baking in only 20 minutes. Just because the season is busy, doesn’t mean you have to miss out on your favorite cookie.

• Prep:  20 min
• Total:  2 hr 30 min
• Ingredients:  10
• Servings:  64

If you’re passionate about baking from scratch but also wondering how to get it all done during the busy holiday season, this genius recipe is your answer. These Russian teacake bars bake up as tender, buttery and nutty as you’d expect, and you get to skip the manual labor involved in rolling out each cookie dough ball and tossing it in the powdered sugar. So, you really can have your (tea)cakes and eat them too!

If you’re passionate about baking from scratch but also wondering how to get it all done during the busy holiday season, this genius recipe is your answer. These Russian teacake bars bake up as tender, buttery and nutty as you’d expect, and you get to skip the manual labor involved in rolling out each cookie dough ball and tossing it in the powdered sugar. So, you really can have your (tea)cakes and eat them too!

• Prep:  1 hr 5 min
• Total:  2 hr 20 min
• Ingredients:  8
• Servings:  32

Pep up your snowballs with the addition of crushed candy canes. Adding fresh minty flavor and a pleasant crunch, this ingredient brings a fun and festive touch to the classic cookie. And, it’s perfect for the people who prefer their cookies without the addition of nuts!

Pep up your snowballs with the addition of crushed candy canes. Adding fresh minty flavor and a pleasant crunch, this ingredient brings a fun and festive touch to the classic cookie. And, it’s perfect for the people who prefer their cookies without the addition of nuts!

• Prep:  1 hr 10 min
• Total:  1 hr 40 min
• Ingredients:  9
• Servings:  60

Add a touch of seasonal color to your cookie tray with these cherry-kissed cookies. Made with maraschino cherries (and the syrup from their jar), plus almond extract, these scratch cookies are full of sweet flavor.

Add a touch of seasonal color to your cookie tray with these cherry-kissed cookies. Made with maraschino cherries (and the syrup from their jar), plus almond extract, these scratch cookies are full of sweet flavor.

• Prep:  30 min
• Total:  1 hr 50 min
• Ingredients:  8
• Servings:  48

These buttery cookies deliver a zing of citrusy flavor thanks to the addition of lemon zest, lemon extract and a coating of crunchy crushed lemon drops. Give them a try and you may never go back to your regular snowball recipe!

These buttery cookies deliver a zing of citrusy flavor thanks to the addition of lemon zest, lemon extract and a coating of crunchy crushed lemon drops. Give them a try and you may never go back to your regular snowball recipe!

• Prep:  2 hr 0 min
• Total:  2 hr 30 min
• Ingredients:  10
• Servings:  48

A sparkling coating of colored sugar is a clue that these Russian Tea Cakes are a little bit extra, but you’ll have to take a bite to fully appreciate this twist on the traditional cookie.

A sparkling coating of colored sugar is a clue that these Russian Tea Cakes are a little bit extra, but you’ll have to take a bite to fully appreciate this twist on the traditional cookie.

• Prep:  60 min
• Total:  60 min
• Ingredients:  9
• Servings:  54

Cinnamon spice and everything nice that’s what the tea cakes are made of. Hewing closely to tradition, except in one respect, this recipe calls for rolling cookies in a cinnamon-sugar mixture that’s every bit as delicious as the classic coating of powdered sugar.

Cinnamon spice and everything nice that’s what the tea cakes are made of. Hewing closely to tradition, except in one respect, this recipe calls for rolling cookies in a cinnamon-sugar mixture that’s every bit as delicious as the classic coating of powdered sugar.

• Prep:  60 min
• Total:  1 hr 25 min
• Ingredients:  7
• Servings:  48

Betty believes everyone should get to indulge in Christmas cookies, no matter what they can or can’t eat. This gluten-free Russian tea cake recipe ensures that there’s no cookie tray that’s off limits to your gluten-free loved ones.

Betty believes everyone should get to indulge in Christmas cookies, no matter what they can or can’t eat. This gluten-free Russian tea cake recipe ensures that there’s no cookie tray that’s off limits to your gluten-free loved ones.