Amaretto Snowballs

Submitted by Cookin-jo

"These snowballs have become a tradition in my home. They're just a bit different and very easy to make."

 

• Ready In: 35mins
• Ingredients: 6
• Yields: 30 cookies
• Serves: 30

ingredients

• 1 cup butter
• 1⁄2 cup icing sugar
• 2 1⁄2 cups all-purpose flour
• 3⁄4 teaspoon salt
• 3 tablespoons amaretto liqueur
• icing sugar, for rolling

directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. Cream butter and icing sugar in a large mixing bowl.
3. Add flour and salt and mix well.
4. Add Amaretto and mix well.
5. Roll dough into small balls, less than an inch.
6. Place onto a parchment-lined sheet or a non-stick baking sheet and bake for 8 to 12 minutes.
7. Cool on a rack and roll in additional icing sugar.

Reviews

[FOREVER YOUNG]

I made these to put on my cookie tray. I thought they were really good, but I couldn't taste the amaretta at all. I might try to add just a tad more next year.

 

[Severine]

Dough works up nicely, easy to handle, baking times are accurate (though it's kind of hard to tell just from sight if they are done). The 3 Tbsp amaretto is just enough to not be overpowering. The only odd thing is that mine seemed really dry. I know that's the nature of a cookie like this, but perhaps a little more amaretto or something could help that? I got 4 dozen making the batter as directed. Will definitely make again!

 

[Marlene.]

These types of cookies are one of our families favorites. The addition of the amaretto liqueur couldn't do anything but make a great cookie even better! They mix up like a dream. I didn't THINK so at first until I continued following the directions as written , and *whew* the addition of those 3T of amaretto liqueur was just enough to make the dough perfect to work with for me. (Just for clarification , when you are doing step 3 , you really don't think you're going to end up with a workable cookie dough , but after the addition of the amaretto , it's great!) The baking times were right on for me as well. Anyway, these will definitely be going onto my cookie trays for the holidays. Excellent , thank you for posting!