Snowball Cookies
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.
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!
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
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What You’ll Need
- 1 Cup of butter softened, I like Kerrygold Butter
(salted) - 1/4 Cup of Sugar
- 2 Teaspoon Vanilla
- 2 Cups all purpose flour
- 2 Cups chopped pecans
- Powdered Sugar
(salted)
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.
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.
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.
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.
Go on and try one. This ones calling your name ;0
In case you were wondering, here are some sources for items in the post:
Source List
- Napkins – Serena & Lily
- China Plates – Vintage, Juliette Pattern
- Fairy Lights – Amazon
- Baking Rack – Amazon
- Baking Paper – Amazon
- Chopping Board – Amazon
- Kettle – Amazon
- Candles – Homemade
- Baking Sheets – Amazon
- Measuring Cups – Polder’s Old World
- Stools – Ballard Design
- Rug – Welch Company
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Be 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
Oooh! Those look delicious!
I hope you enjoy them, Shannon xx
I love some good snowball cookies! These look so delicious!
So hard to only have one. In fact, I couldn’t stop by myself at one…
I have pinned these, i may try them before but am definitely fixing for Christmas.
Yay! So glad you’re gonna try them, Marlene xx
Your cookies look so good. And your photography is stunning. So glad to get to know you better through this hop!
It sure was fun photographing and eating these cookies xx LOVED getting to know you better, too.
These are so yummy and your photography skills are gorg!
Oh, my goodness. Thank you, Ashley xx
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
Do you not even take a nibble. They melt in your mouth. I ate far too many…
I’ve never had snowball cookies but they sound delish and easy to make! Merry Christmas!
Oh, hope you’ll try them. The cookies you shared on the hop were so cute. xx
Those look delicious! Glad you finally made them so you could share with us. Thank you for sharing on the blog hop.
I’m so glad I finally made them too. Thanks for giving me a reason to test them out. xx
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.
Yay! So happy we could help with that lonely roll of frozen dough
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
Oh, I’m so glad to hear this, Lisa. Yay! Hope the library cookies sale was a success! xx
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 »
Hi Rebecca, thank you so much for your message. As a blogger yourself I’m sure you share on your blog what works for you. This is the recipe we make and it works for us. Since posting I’ve made it several more time. Each time with wonderful results. There are many wonderful recipes for cookies and this is just our version. Wishing you a very Merry Christmas.
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.