Snowball Cookies

Snowball Cookies – A festive shortbread that’s perfect to enjoy at Christmastime.

Snowball Cookies - A festive shortbread that's perfect to enjoy at Christmastime.

This was my first time EVER making these cookies. I’ve had them at holiday parties and loved them BUT they always looked like they’d be really hard. So I put it off and put it off. You guys, this was so easy and I’m kicking myself for not trying to make these adorable cookies sooner.

My friend Krista is hosting a Christmas Recipe Hop as part of the Seasonal Simplicity Tour. So I thought I’d bring my snowball cookies 😉 I’m thinking of this as a fun, virtual pot luck dinner. I can’t wait to see what my friends are bringing. You can see all their recipes at the bottom of the post.

Delicious Snowball Cookies

Aren’t they the prettiest cookies you’ve ever seen? They look so sweet on china plates. They’re perfect with a cup of tea or hot cocoa.

If you’ve been following along then you know I’ve been cleaning and doing LOTS of baking. I baked these the other day and I’m also making mince pies. Made a second batch of pies and snowball cookies and had them out for the Scituate Arts Association Home tour that was on Sunday. The tour went so well and I took a few photos, I’ll be sharing them later this week.

The pies and cookies were a big hit!

Baking in the kitchen at Christmas

Ingredients for Snowball Cookies

Let’s get all the supplies out and start baking! You probably already have some of the ingredients. Surprisingly, there’s only a few ingredients, so they’re quite simple to whip up.

How to Make Snowball Cookies

Perfect Snowball Cookies

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What You’ll Need

Method

Step 1  – Heat the oven to 325°F.

Step 2 – Cream together your butter, sugar and vanilla in a mixer.

Step 3 – Slowly add in your flour and mix on low until combined.

Mixing up batter for snowball cookies

Step 4 – Finely chop pecans by hand or in a food processor and mix nuts into the batter. Make sure the batter is fully combined.

Step 5 – Shape dough into 1-inch balls. Place 1 inch apart onto lined cookie sheets. Bake 16 minutes or until very lightly browned. Cool 5 minutes; roll in powdered sugar while still warm and again when cool.

How to make snowball cookies - perfect holiday shortbread cookie

Delicious snowball cookies with pecans

Don’t they look so pretty with all that powdered sugar?

So as I said, this was my first time making these cookies. The recipes I looked up online said they made 48 cookies, BUT I think I made mine slightly too large. Ha! Ha! I make my kids meatballs often, so I got into meatball-making-mode while rolling them. So I think my cookies are 2 inches. My family seemed to enjoy them meatball size though.

The perfect cookie with tea or hot cocoa this Christmas

Our favorite snowball cookies

I couldn’t even wait until the boys got home from school to try them. Luke and I took a tea break and to test them out.

They are perfect with PG Tips tea. 😉

The cookies are just lovely, especially with the flavor of the pecans mixed with the powdered sugar. Very yummy scrummy.

They look lovely by the tree so would be great for a holiday party, hostess gift, or handmade gift. I have a feeling I’ll be making many more batches leading up to the holidays.

Fabulous holiday recipes and our snowball cookie recipe

Try our snowball cookies

Go on and try one. This ones calling your name ;0

simple snowball cookie recipe

In case you were wondering, here are some sources for items in the post:

Source List

Okay, here’s one last photo:

Fun cookies to make for the holidays - snowball cookies

 

Fabulous and festive holiday recipe ideasBe sure to visit all my friends for their lovely recipes:

And today I’m joined by some friends who are also sharing their amazing holiday recipes with you!

How to Make Mulled Wine (Glühwein Recipe) at The Happy Housie
DIY Colonial Gingerbread House at Sincerely, Marie Designs
Christmas Wreath Veggie Pizza at Clean & Scentsible
Homemade Egg Nog at Town and Country Living
Easy Holiday Appetizer at Rooms FOR Rent

Secret Ingredient Gingerbread Cookies at Jenna Kate at Home
Snowball Cookies at Finding Silver Pennies
Easy Gluten Free Shortbread with White Chocolate and Toffee at Home Made Lovely
Brown Butter Sugar Cookies with Chocolate Ganache
The Best One Hour Orange Rolls at Summer Adams Designs

Cake Mix Quick Bread Recipe at On Sutton Place
Best Waffle Recipe Ever at The DIY Mommy
The Most Chocolatey Hot Chocolate Cookies at A Pretty Life
Eggnog Bread Recipe at Tauni Everett
Instant Pot Ham at TIDBITS Marci

Toblerone Shortbread with Browned Flour at Life is a Party
Spicy Chewy Ginger Molasses Cookies at Modern Glam
Christmas Tree Marshmallow Hot Cocoa Toppers at The Turquoise Home
Easy Creme Brule for the Holidays at Hallstrom Home

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Shannon Acheson
5 years ago

Oooh! Those look delicious!

Rhonda Hallstrom
5 years ago

I love some good snowball cookies! These look so delicious!

Marlene Stephenson
Marlene Stephenson
5 years ago

I have pinned these, i may try them before but am definitely fixing for Christmas.

Tauni
5 years ago

Your cookies look so good. And your photography is stunning. So glad to get to know you better through this hop!

Ashley
5 years ago

These are so yummy and your photography skills are gorg!

Cindy
5 years ago

I love these cookies. My mom used to make them every year. My sister in law makes them now. They melt in your mouth.

I have been baking too. I love to bake. My husband laughs and wonders how I’m so disciplined and don’t eat them during the day.

Enjoy the season

Cindy

Jenna Shaughnessy
5 years ago

I’ve never had snowball cookies but they sound delish and easy to make! Merry Christmas!

Krista
5 years ago

Those look delicious! Glad you finally made them so you could share with us. Thank you for sharing on the blog hop.

Brigitte
Brigitte
5 years ago

Thanks for sharing your mince pies recipe again! I just happen to have a roll of frozen dough at home, so these are calling my name.

Lisa
Lisa
5 years ago

Danielle, I just baked these for my Library cookie sale. They are delicious, and look so pretty. Definitely a winner! Thank you for sharing the recipe

REBECCA
5 years ago

I left a message right after you posted this recipe but maybe it didn’t go through or I didn’t hit send. The recipe for this cookie is only made with confectioner’s sugar, not granulated sugar. I checked every recipe I could find and they all call for confectioners sugar in the batter. Now that’s not to say your recipe won’t work because obviously they did but this is not the recipe almost overwhelmingly used by most bakers and it’s not the combination of ingredients commonly used. (They are called by different names, of course. Mexican wedding cakes, Russian teacakes, etc.)… Read more »

REBECCA
5 years ago

I did find a very few recipes calling for granulated sugar. I’m going to try these and see if they are as good. From what I read, they are more tender with the confectioner’s sugar. I’ll give them a try your way and will let you know my “expert” opinion. I’m kidding. Merry Christmas to you as well.