Peppermint Snowballs
I adapted this recipe from a couple of others.
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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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