Description
A cookie perfect with a warm beverage, the snowballs are a holiday favorite that are great as delicious gifts or for a dessert exchange.
Ingredients
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- 2 sticks butter or margarine
- 1 tbsp (15 ml) vanilla
- 1 cup (240 ml) sugar
- 2 cups (190 g) sliced almonds
- 2 1/2 cups (300 g) white whole wheat flour
- powder sugar
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 F degrees.
- Cream the softend butter or margarine and the sugar together. Add the vanilla and mix well. Add the almonds to mixture. Add the flour, one cup at a time and combine well. Use your hands to fully combine ingredients. Form the dough into ping pong ball sized cookies.
- Place on non-stick cookie sheet, an inch apart. Bake in preheated oven for 10 -15 minutes, until the bottoms are a nice golden brown. Allow cookies to slightly cool. Place about 2 cups of powerded sugar into a large bowl. While still a little warm, roll cookies into powdered sugar, until fully coated. Makes about 5 dozen cookies, depending on how big your dough balls are.
Notes
- Dough can be stored in fridge or freezer.
- If using all butter and storing in refrigerator, the dough will become very hard.
- You need to give yourself plenty of time to allow dough to come to room temperature.
- You can also roll the the cookie dough balls ahead of time and store in refrigerator.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 15 minutes
- Category: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cookie
- Calories: 90