Snowball Cookies | Walnut and Pecan Snowball Cookies
Melt-in-mouth festive snowball cookies with walnuts and pecans coated with powdered sugar, giving that snowy effect! Here is the classic Christmas snowball cookies recipe with detailed step-wise pictures.
Prep Time15 minutesmins
Cook Time15 minutesmins
Total Time30 minutesmins
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Keyword: mexican wedding cookies, russian tea cakes, snowball cookies
Preheat the oven to 350 deg F and line a baking tray with parchment paper.
Add the walnuts and pecans to a mixer jar or food processor and pulse them coarsely like below, like coarse cornmeal.
Combine the flour, salt, ground cinnamon, and the nut mixture and set aside.
In a separate bowl, add the butter and the granulated sugar. Using a hand mixer or whisk, cream the butter and sugar for 2 to 3 minutes until it's light and fluffy.
Add the flour-nut mixture, reduce the speed to low, and beat it until crumbly like below. It only takes 30 to 45 seconds.
Then, gently bring the crumbly mix and combine it to form a dough like the one below using your hands.
Scoop 1 to 1.5 tbsp of dough using a cookie scoop or ice cream scoop and place them in the baking tray lined with parchment paper.
Bake the cookies at 350 deg F for 15 minutes or until the bottom becomes light brown like the one below.
After five minutes, transfer the cookies to a cooling rack and let them sit for a couple more minutes.
Place the powdered sugar in a bowl and plate, roll the baked cookies with powdered sugar, and store them in the air-tight container.
Notes
Two tbsps of sugar is sufficient for this measure. This sugar measure works fine as we coat the cookies further with powdered sugar. But if you prefer sweeter cookies, add a tbsp extra or coat the cookies twice with powdered sugar.
I don't prefer chunky nuts in these cookies. So I pulse them nicely instead of chopping them. Also, I don't toast my nuts. But you can toast them too.
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