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====== Peppermint Snowballs ======

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I adapted this recipe from a couple of others.

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|**Preheat:** 350°|**Yield:**  servings||
|**Prep:** 0:00|**Wait:** 0:00|**Cook:** 0:00|

====== Ingredients ======
  * 1 cup butter
  * 1/2 teaspoon peppermint extract 
  * 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  * 6 tablespoons confectioners' sugar 
  * 2 cups all-purpose flour
  * 1 cup chopped Pecans
  * 1 cup finely crushed peppermint candy (for decoration)
  * 1/3 cup confectioner's sugar for decoration (optional)
  * White Chocolate (optional)
  * 1/2 cup confectioner's sugar, or as needed (optional)
  * 1 1/2 tablespoons milk (optional)

====== Directions ======
  - Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
  - In a medium bowl, cream butter and vanilla until smooth. 
  - Combine the 6 tablespoons confectioners' sugar and flour; stir into the butter mixture until just blended. Mix in the chopped walnuts. 
  - Roll dough into 1 inch balls, and place them 2 inches apart on an ungreased cookie sheet.
  - Bake for 12 minutes in the preheated oven. 
  - When cool, add toppings

**Toppings:**
  * **Powdered Sugar:** Roll in remaining confectioners' sugar. Can also like to roll mine in the sugar a second time.  Dip in crushed candy canes.
  * **White Chocolate:** Melt white chocolate in microwave 30 seconds at a time at 50% power.  Dip cookies in white chocolate and then in crushed candy canes.
  * **Sugar Glaze:** 1/2 cup confectioners sugar together with the milk in a bowl until smooth. Drizzle cooled cookies with the glaze, and sprinkle immediately with the remaining crushed peppermint candy.

====== Notes ======
  * If the dough is too crumbly, add a bit of milk to make it hold together better
  * Some recipes skipped the nuts and peppermint extract, substituting crushed candy canes instead.

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