Snowball Cookies
These walnut snowball cookies are a requested favorite every holiday season. We usually end up making multiple batches because they disappear so fast.
While these do require a little more time than some other cookies, they are also a less sugary dessert making them a nice balance to other sweets.
Enjoy these sweets this holiday season!
Ingredients:
1 cup all purpose flour
1 1/2 cups finely chopped walnuts
2 Tbsp sugar
1 tsp vanilla extract
1/4 pound room temperature butter
Pinch of salt
Powdered sugar (as needed to roll the cookies in)
Instructions
Preheat the oven to 300 degrees.
Chop the walnuts. A food processor is good for this. You want them very fine.
Place all the dry ingredients together in a mixing bowl and stir together. I use my stand mixer for all the mixing) Add the vanilla extract. Cut the butter into small pieces and add. Continue mixing until the ingredients form a course meal texture. It will appear crumbly.
Using your hands, roll the dough into small balls and place on a cookie sheet, spaced apart.
Bake for 35 minutes.
Once the cookies have cooled, roll in powdered sugar. You may want to dust them a second time once they are fully cool. Store in a cookie tin or airtight container.
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