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Italian Wedding Cookies Recipe

June 17, 2016 by Florentina 23 Comments

Easy and quick, this is the best Italian wedding cookies recipe ever. Loaded with walnuts and hazelnuts and coated in fluffy powder sugar like a snowball, these Italian cookies are sure to steal everybody’s heart! 

White Serving Tray of Italian Wedding Cookies Coated in Powdered Sugar

I know this is random you guys, and tough I have made and photographed more than 5 seasonal recipes this week, today I bring you the best Cookies.

Last night I started craving cookies, so weird, so random, but couldn’t help it. And then I remembered I stocked up on organic butter at Whole Foods last week because it was something like 50% off.

Clearly my Italian wedding cookies were begging to be made!

White Serving Tray of Italian Wedding Cookies Coated in Powdered Sugar

So here I am, cleaning little cookie crumbs out of my keyboard while I rush to share this easy recipe with you.

Let me be more specific: stupidly easy Italian wedding cookies recipe, you just can’t fail at this.

Basically I make everything in the bowl of my kitchen aid, just whisk all ingredients together, one by one until combined. Then I shape the dough into golfball size cookies and bake them for 20 minutes. And then, coat them like crazy in powder sugar and indulge. 

White Serving Tray of Italian Wedding Cookies Coated in Powdered Sugar

I make about 45 cookies out of one batch of dough, I suspect you could shape them even smaller and end up with about 55. Patience was not my virtue yesterday. See what you can master 😉

What makes this the best Italian Wedding Cookies recipe is all that butter. True Story!

  • Good organic butter from pasture raised cows, and the magic of walnuts and hazelnuts mixed together in the perfect ratio for that je ne sais quoi deliciousness.
  • You can make them totally vegan using cultured plant based butter! 
  • If there are 2 cookie recipes one must master and have in their life is this one and the fluffy ricotta cookies. 

Italian Wedding Cookies Recipe

Note worthy:

  • Do not grease the cookie sheet before baking, these really are butter cookies and are perfectly coated themselves. Butter forever!
  • If grinding the nuts yourself, make sure to leave a little bit of texture, you don’t want nut flour, just ground nuts with a little rustic texture.
  • Feel free to replace the walnuts and hazelnuts in the recipe with an equal amount of ground pistachios.

White Serving Tray of Italian Wedding Cookies Coated in Powdered Sugar on a Rustic Table

P.S. Store your cookies on the kitchen counter loosely covered with aluminum foil.

Italian Wedding Cookies Recipe
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Italian Wedding Cookies Recipe

Easy and quick, this is the best Italian wedding cookies recipe. Loaded with walnuts & hazelnuts then coated in powder sugar like a snowball.
Course Dessert
Cuisine Italian
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Total Time 30 minutes
Servings 10
Calories 507.1kcal
Author Florentina

Ingredients

  • 1 1/2 c salted butter organic
  • 4 tsp vanilla extract
  • 3/4 c ground walnuts
  • 3/4 c ground hazelnuts
  • 3 c all purpose flour
  • 3/4 c powder sugar
  • 1/2 c powder sugar for dusting

Instructions

  • Preheat your oven to 325”F.
  • In a large mixing bowl cream together the butter and 3/4 c of the powder sugar until fluffy.
  • Add the vanilla extract and little by little the ground walnuts and hazelnuts. Mix until combined.
  • Start adding in the flour little by little until mixed in.
  • Prepare your largest cookie sheet and using a small spoon form the cookies into rounds, the size of a golfball or smaller. You should have about 45 cookies.
  • Arrange all the cookies on the baking sheet without touching each other.
  • Bake the cookies in the preheated 325”F oven for 20 minutes.
  • Remove the wedding cookies from the oven and allow them to cool off for a few minutes before rolling them over the reserved powder sugar.
  • Arrange the cookies on a platter and dust with more powder sugar on top before serving.

Nutrition

Serving: 5g | Calories: 507.1kcal | Carbohydrates: 42.5g | Protein: 5.9g | Fat: 35.4g | Saturated Fat: 18.2g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 14.7g | Cholesterol: 74.3mg | Sodium: 197.3mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 12.5g

 

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Filed Under: Baked Goods, Desserts, Top Recipes, Top Recipes, Vegetarian Tagged With: Easy Italian Desserts, Italian Cookies, Italian Cookies Recipe, Italian Desserts

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Comments

  1. Kacey @ The Cookie Writer

    June 21, 2016 at 7:25 am

    Where have these been all my life?! Seriously, they are my kind of cookie! I also had a cookie craving last night and decided to whip up a batch (because that is how I roll!)

    Reply
    • Florentina

      June 21, 2016 at 1:34 pm

      You and me, we roll the same, and i love it! heheheh

      Reply
  2. Cathy @ Noble Pig

    June 21, 2016 at 1:45 pm

    Seriously, one of my favorite cookies!

    Reply
  3. Sheena

    June 21, 2016 at 6:09 pm

    Aahhh these are my favorite cookies, but I’ve never made them at home! Looks like now is a great time to try! Great recipe!

    Reply
  4. Jenn @ Peas and Crayons

    June 21, 2016 at 6:40 pm

    Love these buttery little gems! <3

    Reply
  5. Meg @ With Salt and Wit

    June 21, 2016 at 8:02 pm

    Now I need a wedding to attend!

    Reply
    • Florentina

      June 22, 2016 at 5:19 pm

      haha, for sure 😉

      Reply
  6. Michelle @ The Complete Savorist

    June 21, 2016 at 8:25 pm

    I love Italian wedding cookies, but have never thought to make them myself. Love this.

    Reply
  7. Serene @ House of Yumm

    June 22, 2016 at 9:10 am

    Anything with that much butter has to be good!! Love how easy these are!

    Reply
    • Florentina

      June 22, 2016 at 5:17 pm

      Right?! Butter makes things happen!

      Reply
  8. Melanie @ Nutritious Eats

    August 17, 2016 at 11:40 am

    5 stars
    So much yum! I love these cookies and always crave them at Christmastime, but they might have to make an appearance sooner.

    Reply
  9. Judy Kahansky

    August 17, 2016 at 4:50 pm

    5 stars
    An easy recipe and this delicious classic? Yummy! You know I love to bake so I’m really gonna try these!

    Reply
    • Florentina

      August 17, 2016 at 6:45 pm

      Just so you know, You won’t be able to stop at one. Wedding cookies are everything lol

      Reply
  10. Tara@SimpleFood365

    August 17, 2016 at 9:58 pm

    5 stars
    Those cookies look so delicate and so fantastic! I’ve never, ever tried my hand at Italian wedding cookies…..I’m going to have to now! I’ve been buying Amish butter from my local Harris Teeter….I bet it’d be awesome in this recipe.

    Reply
  11. Bintu - Recipes From A Pantry

    August 18, 2016 at 2:04 am

    5 stars
    These cookies look absolutely gorgeous. I would love some with a cup of tea

    Reply
  12. Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine

    August 18, 2016 at 3:14 am

    5 stars
    These used to be a classic MUST in our family during the holidays! Haven’t been able to have them in years though! Haha!

    Reply
    • Florentina

      August 18, 2016 at 11:26 am

      Oh you must make some now!

      Reply
  13. Therese

    December 8, 2016 at 4:19 am

    Hello, have made these for so many yr. but tried your recipe this time and had a bit of a issues, they flattened out and where way to fragil to roll in surgery. Thought ?

    Reply
    • Florentina

      December 11, 2016 at 5:46 pm

      Hi Therese, not sure what went wrong there, they are crumbly melt in your mouth cookies from all that butter. You do need to allow them to cool some before rolling in the powdered sugar. So maybe just give them a little extra time…It is normal for them to flatten a bit as there is no baking powder or soda in the recipe, so you will have a flat bottom and a little bit of a dome shape on top. I would also suggest to make sure you are using a light all purpose fresh flour. ~ Florentina

      Reply
  14. Angie

    December 28, 2016 at 11:46 pm

    5 stars
    Made your cookies they were a success with everyone! will be a tradition from now on..thks for sharing..

    Reply
    • Florentina

      December 30, 2016 at 1:13 pm

      That’s so wonderful! Enjoy!

      Reply
  15. Tavia

    September 16, 2018 at 5:21 pm

    Do these cookies freeze well? Probably eat them up to quickly to have tried?

    Reply
    • Khansa

      January 12, 2021 at 8:18 pm

      I cant wait to try these im so excited! My neighbour sent some over and im obsessed, thank you for sharing!!

      Reply

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