Snowball Cookies
A tender, buttery cookie shaped like a snowball and coated in sweet powdered sugar. They're easy to make and are the perfect cookie to celebrate wintertime.
Ingredients
- 1 cup salted butter, softened
- 2 teaspoons vanilla
- ½ cup powdered sugar
- 2 ¼ cups flour
- 1 cup pecans (or walnuts), chopped
- 1 cup powdered sugar for coating
Instructions
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Preheat oven to 350° F.
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In a mixing bowl, cream softened butter, vanilla, and ½ cup powdered sugar till fluffy.
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Stir in flour and pecans until combined and pecans are evenly distributed.
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Use a scoop to get 1 tablespoon of dough. Roll dough in hands to make a ball, and place on ungreased cookie sheet about 2 inches apart.
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Bake for about 13 minutes. They should NOT start to turn brown.
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While cookies are still hot (but not hot enough to burn your skin), gently roll in a bowl with 1 cup powdered sugar. Set on a tray while you finish rolling the rest of the cookies. Then go back to the beginning and roll them in powdered sugar again. Set on a rack or pan to cool.
Optional- When fully cooled, if you want them to have even more "snow", you can roll each cookie one more time in the bowl of powdered sugar until generously coated.
Recipe Notes
Note- I prefer using pecans in this recipe, but walnuts are delicious too.