Snowball Cookies

Name: Snowball Cookies
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 3 dozen, 18 serving(s)
Ingredients: 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour (stir to aerate before measuring); 1/4 teaspoon salt; 1 cup unsalted butter, softened; 3/4 cup sifted powdered sugar; 2 teaspoons vanilla; additional powdered sugar

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Recipe by Halcyon Eve

These are a long-standing family tradition at Christmas; it just wouldn't be Christmas without them! They are basically a shortbread-like cookie, rolled into balls and baked, then rolled in powdered sugar while still warm. Delicious!

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READY IN: 50mins

SERVES: 18

YIELD: 3 dozen

UNITS: US

INGREDIENTS

Nutrition

2 ¹⁄₂

cups all-purpose flour (stir to aerate before measuring)
¹⁄₄

teaspoon salt
1

cup unsalted butter, softened
³⁄₄

cup sifted powdered sugar
2

teaspoons vanilla
additional powdered sugar

DIRECTIONS

Preheat oven to 400* F.
Place flour and salt in a bowl and whisk to combine.
In a food processor, cream sugar and butter until smooth.
Add vanilla and flour mixture and process in pulses until well mixed into a smooth dough.
Form into 1-inch balls and place on an ungreased cookie sheet.
Bake at 400* F for 10-12 minutes. Cookies should not get brown, so start checking on them after 8-9 minutes.
Roll hot cookies in additional powdered sugar and cool. Dust with additional powdered sugar, if desired, while still warm.

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