Molasses adds a sweet twist to this traditional Snowball Cookie Recipe! These famous cookies are also called butterballs, Italian wedding cookies, Russian tea cookies, Mexican wedding cookies, or molasses butterball cookies depending on which nuts or extract is used to make the cookies. Butter, powdered sugar, flour and nuts make a yummy cookie. This unique cookie recipe version has a sweet molasses twist and uses roasted hazelnuts (or any nut). Christmas cookies like grandma used to make!