I love that cookies so conveniently make wonderful gifts because it’s basically a win win situation all the way around. I’m sharing one of the classics. These devious little puffs of deliciousness operate under multiple aliases but my crazy clan has always called them butterballs. You may know them as snowballs, Mexican wedding cookies, Russian tea cakes, or Italian wedding cookies, but me, I can’t seem to call them anything else. To me they’ll always be butterballs.

Okay, obviously everybody and their great-aunt Ruth has a recipe for these cookies but I just really felt like I should have mine on the blog. Something about the holidays makes me want everything to be as traditional as possible and for my family, butterballs are a must this time of year. Almost every Christmas cookie tray I can remember had these included in the mix.

Years ago when we moved to Chile we spent a summer in this itty bitty little cabin and our landlord and neighbor, Carlos, was an older gentlemen that had the sweetest presence you can imagine. The type of man that makes everyone feel like they’re his kids or grandkids and he knows the answer to any question you might throw his way. Words like sagely and wise seem to fit in describing him. What’s funny is that he’s pretty short, I think I may be taller than he is, so it has what my nerdy self likes to call a “Yoda effect”.

Long story short (even though it’s pretty much too late), my reason for trying to describe this friend is to explain to you that he loved these….a lot. Even with his years of wisdom, he would giggle like a schoolboy whenever I brought ”Those leetle white kooo-keys” . That’s why, even though everyone has seen these plenty of times, I’m still going to share my recipe with you guys and you’ll just have to deal with it.

This is a total sidenote: I asked my little sis to be my cookie holding model and I thought the pics turned out really cute. She’s usually my go-to when I want a personal touch because she loves to help me.

And if you aren’t getting into the holiday mood yet then I don’t know what I’m going to have to do to beat these. Hey, and if you already have a recipe for these then let this just be a reminder that it’s time to start baking some Christmas cookies!

ALL CONTENT IS MINE AND ORIGINAL! All of these food photos were taken with my Nikon D5300 and my favorite Lens, the Nikon AF-S FX NIKKOR 50mm f/1.8G. You can find out more in my INTRO POST.

And, by the way, to all the minnows out there, my intro post did a huge $0.21. The key to success on Steemit is to be consistent and persistent.