Snowball Christmas Cookies
Snowball Christmas Cookies - buttery, nutty, melt-in-your-mouth shortbread cookie rolled in a blizzard of powdered sugar. A classic must-make holiday tradition.
Servings: 6
Calories:
Equipment
- baking sheet
- parchment paper
Ingredients
- 1 cup butter softened to room temp
- ¼ cup granulated sugar
- 1 ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 cups all purpose flour
- 1 cup finely chopped pecans
- 1 cup powdered sugar
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Line the baking sheets with parchment paper.
- Finely chop the nuts using either a sharp knife or pulse in a food processor (you don't want the nuts to be a powder).
- Using a hand mixer, cream the room temp butter and granulated sugar together then add the vanilla.
- Gradually add the flour, continuing to blend, then stir in the nuts by hand.
- Cover the dough with plastic wrap and refrigerate for 20 minutes.
- Add the powdered sugar to a small bowl.
- Scoop the dough into 1" balls using a small ice cream scooper then roll in your hands so they balls are completely round.
- Add the cookies to the prepared baking sheet and bake 10-12 minutes until the cookie bottoms are very lightly golden without overbaking.
- Transfer the cookies to a wire baking rack and cool 2 minutes.
- While the cookies are still warm, gently roll them in powdered sugar and return them to the wire baking rack.
- After the cookies are completely cooled, reroll them in powdered sugar.
Notes
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