Best Snowball Cookies

Snowball cookies are incredibly easy to make for rich and buttery, melt-in-your-mouth festive treats rolled in powdered sugar to resemble snowballs.

• Preparation Time: 30 mins
• Cooking Time: 15 mins
• Total Time: 45 mins
• Calories: 63 Calories

Ingredients

• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 cup unsalted butter, softened
• 1 cup very finely chopped pecans
• 0.25 teaspoon salt
• 0.33333334326744 cup powdered sugar, or more as needed
• 0.5 cup powdered sugar
• 2.25 cups all-purpose flour

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Remove cookies from the oven and let sit on the baking sheets briefly before removing to wire racks.

Step 2

Bake in the preheated oven until bottoms are light golden brown but tops are still pale, 12 to 15 minutes. (Try not to let cookies get too brown: it's better to undercook them than to overcook them.)

Step 3

Gather all ingredients. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).

Step 4

Gradually mix in flour, pecans, and salt until completely incorporated.

Step 5

Roll dough into walnut-sized balls and place 2 inches apart onto ungreased baking sheets.

Step 6

Beat butter, 1/2 cup confectioners' sugar, and vanilla with an electric mixer in a large bowl until smooth.

Step 7

Place 1/3 cup confectioners' sugar in a shallow bowl; roll hot cookies in sugar to coat, then return to the wire racks to cool.

Step 8

Once cooled, roll cookies in the confectioners' sugar once more.