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Snowball Cookies

Snowball Cookies

Snowball Cookies are soft, buttery cookie balls with chopped pecans, rolled in sweet confectioners' sugar for a light, melt-in-your-mouth treat.
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Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Cool Time: 5 minutes
Total Time 45 minutes
Servings: 60 Cookies
Course: Dessert, Treats
Cuisine: American
Calories: 110
Ingredients Method Notes

Ingredients
  

  • 1 cup unsalted butter softened
  • ½ cup confectioners’ sugar
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 2 ¼ cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 cup very finely chopped pecans
  • ¼ teaspoon salt
  • ⅓ cup confectioners’ sugar or more as needed (for rolling)

Method
 

Cream the butter and confectioners’ sugar
  1. Add softened butter and ½ cup confectioners’ sugar to a mixing bowl. Use a hand mixer to beat until smooth. This step helps the dough stay soft and crumbly in the best way.
Add vanilla extract
  1. Mix in the vanilla until combined.
Add dry ingredients
  1. Add flour and salt. Mix on low speed just until the dough begins to come together.
Fold in pecans
  1. Stir in the finely chopped pecans. The dough will be thick.
Shape the dough
  1. Scoop small portions and roll into 1-inch balls. Place each on a parchment-lined baking sheet.
Bake
  1. Bake at 350°F (175°C) for 10–12 minutes. The bottoms should be lightly golden, but the tops stay pale.
Roll in confectioners’ sugar
  1. After removing them from the oven, let them cool for about 3–4 minutes. Roll each warm cookie in confectioners’ sugar and place on a cooling rack.
Roll again
  1. Once fully cool, roll each cookie ball in sugar again for a classic snowy finish.

Notes

✅  Roll the cookies while warm for the best sugar coating.
✅  Use very finely chopped nuts so the cookie balls don’t crumble.
✅  Let the cookies cool fully before the second sugar coating.
✅  Keep dough balls the same size to help them bake evenly.