Lemon Snowballs

Bite-sized buttery rich lemon cookies melt in your mouth. Having just one is almost impossible.

• Ready In: 40 mins
• Yields: 48 cookies

Ingredients

• 1⁄2 cup  lemon drop candy
• 1  cup butter or 1  cup margarine, softened
• 1⁄2 cup powdered sugar
• 1  teaspoon  grated lemon peel
• 1  teaspoon  lemon extract
• 2 1⁄4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
•  additional powdered sugar

Directions

1. Heat oven to 400ºF.
2. Crush lemon drops in food processor or blender.
3. In large bowl, beat butter, 1/2 cup powdered sugar, the lemon peel and lemon extract with electric mixer on medium speed, or mix with spoon. Stir in flour, 1/4 cup of the crushed lemon drops and the salt.
4. Shape dough into 1-inch balls. Place about 2 inches apart on ungreased cookie sheet.
5. Bake cookies 8 to 9 minutes or until set but not brown.
6. Immediately remove from cookie sheet; roll in powdered sugar. Cool 10 minutes; roll in remaining crushed lemon drops.
7. Cool completely on wire rack, about 30 minutes. Reroll in crushed lemon drops if desired.