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Snowball Cookies are a fun delicious holiday favorite at our house. The best part is the surprise that is waiting for you once you bite into them!
The best part of this snowball cookie is what is inside. There is a surprise waiting for you. There is a kiss waiting for you! A chocolate kiss.
These little snowballs are fun to make and to eat. In fact the hardest part is unwrapping all the chocolate kisses. The dough is a mixture of butter, flour, sugar and walnuts.
How to Make Snowball Cookies
Mix together the dough and refrigerate for about 30 minutes before working with it.
I used my trusty little cookie scoop to make about one inch size balls of dough.
Flatten out the ball of dough and put a kiss in the middle.
Cover up the kiss with the dough and make sure that none of the kiss is poking through. You don’t want to ruin the surprise!
Bake the snowball cookies at 350 degrees for 12 minutes and then allow them to cool. Now it’s time for the snow! Roll the baked cookie in powdered sugar.
These cookies are amazing – very light, buttery and sweet with lots of chocolate goodness inside. Who wouldn’t love a little snowball kiss!
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Snowball Cookies
Ingredients
- 2 sticks butter softened (1 cup)
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 2 cups flour
- 1 cup finely chopped walnuts
- 36 chocolate kisses
- powdered sugar for dusting
Instructions
- Cream butter and sugar well until smooth.
- Add flour and then walnuts.
- Gather dough into disk-shape and wrap in plastic.
- Refrigerate at least 1/2 hour.
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Remove foil from kisses and insert one inside a ball of dough 1 inch in diameter.
- Make sure each kiss is completely covered by dough.
- Bake on ungreased baking sheet for 12 minutes, until just cooked through.
- Roll in powdered sugar after cooled.
Liz says
Yum – thank you.
Deloris says
I’ve been making these for YEARS! I brown the butter first though — gives it a wonderful taste.
Ours ARE going to have the surprise middle this year!!
Thanks
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Leigh Anne says
Deloris, I am a huge fan of browned butter I am totally doing that next time.
Lolly Jane says
Now THAT is my kind of cookie!! Can’t wait to make this, LA!
xo
Leigh Anne says
Thanks girls! They are so fun to make and to eat.
Charlene says
I am allergic to chocolate. (I know,sad.) So I’m wondering if a maraschino cherry would work.
Leigh Anne says
You could just leave the chocolate out or try the cherry, sounds yummy!
Linda says
Snowball cookies—WOW!! I can’t wait to bake these they sound yummy. But I have a question, can I freeze them? I’m 66 and still work a full time job and have 4 adults in my house who do very little other than eat and make a mess only kidding. I am very involved with family and have little time to entertain like I wish I could so I tend to make and freeze things when I get a few spare moments. Always looking for what I call freeze ahead ideas. Love your column.
Linda
Leigh Anne says
Linda, I have never actually frozen them myself but I think they should freeze fine. Enjoy!!