Snowball Cookies
These delicate snowball cookies, dusted with powdered sugar, will melt in your mouth and transport you to a winter wonderland.
Servings 30 Cookies
Ingredients
- 1 cup unsalted butter softened
- ½ cup powdered sugar
- ¾ cup pecans chopped, or substitute walnuts
- ¼ tsp salt
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 2 ¼ cups all-purpose flour
- powdered sugar additional, to roll
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350°F. Line your baking sheets with parchment and set aside.
- In the bowl of a stand mixer, combine the softened butter, vanilla, and powdered sugar.
- Add in the salt and flour and mix thoroughly. The dough should be thick and pulled away from the sides of the bowl. Fold in the chopped pecans.
- Using a heaping tablespoon or small ice cream scoop, shape 1-inch sized dough into round balls.
- Place on the parchment-lined baking sheets and bake for 15 minutes.
- While the cookies are baking, place the powdered sugar in a bowl. Once the cookies come out of the oven, use tongs to roll the cookies in the powdered sugar while still hot, then allow them to cool.
- Roll the cooled cookies one more time in the powdered sugar just before serving.
Notes
Storage: Cookies can be stored in an airtight container for up to 3 days or frozen for 3 months. Time will cause the powdered sugar to absorb into the cookies – roll again or dust with powdered sugar just before serving again.