Snowball Christmas Cookies
Snowball Christmas Cookies ~ melt in your mouth nutty, buttery cookie rolled in confectioner's sugar. A holiday treat!
Servings: 6
Ingredients
- 1 cup butter softened to room temp
- ¼ cup granulated sugar
- 1 ½ teaspoons pure vanilla extract
- 2 cups all purpose flour
- 2 cups finely chopped pecans
- 1 ½ cups confectioners sugar
- Parchment paper
Instructions
- Cream the room temperature butter and granulated sugar together then add the vanilla.
- Gradually add the flour, continuing to blend.
- Stir in the nuts by hand, cover the dough with plastic wrap and refrigerate for 20 minutes.
- Line the baking sheets with parchment paper. Add the confectioners sugar to a small bowl and set aside.
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
- Scoop into 1" balls (melon baller used) then roll in your hands so they balls are completely round.
- Add the cookies to the parchment paper lined baking sheets and bake 10-12 minutes, without overbaking.
- Transfer the cookies to a wire baking rack and let them cool 2 minutes.
- While they’re still warm, gently roll the cookies in the (reserved) confectioners sugar and return them to the wire baking rack.
- Let the cookies cool completely then roll again in confectioners sugar.