Snowballs

JenniferK2's Note:

Though I found several recipes for Snowballs here, I was surprised this one had not been posted. These are a family favorite and I always make them for the holidays.

• Total Time: 10 mins
• Prep Time: 0 mins
• Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients:

Yield: 4 dozen

• 1 cup walnuts, finely chopped
• 1 cup butter, softened
• 1/2 cup powdered sugar
• 1 teaspoon almond extract
• 2 1/4 cups flour
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• powdered sugar, for dusting

Directions:

1. Cream butter and 1/2 cup powdered sugar; add almond extract. Stir in flour, salt, and walnuts.
2. Roll the dough into 1 inch balls and place 1 inch apart on ungreased cookie sheet.
3. Bake in a preheated 400° oven until set but not brown (about 10 minutes.
4. Roll cookies in powdered sugar while warm and again when they've cooled.

Reviews

[day-hee]

These worked out really well, though I only got 40 out of the dough (I guess they were slightly bigger). Delicious and they look great!

[Karen=^..^=]

This is one of the best snowball recipes I've tried. I got exactly 48 cookies out of the batch. I baked these at my business and all I have there is a convection oven with a set moderate temperature, so these baked for more like 20 minutes in that oven. They came out perfect and I wouldn't change a thing. Thanks much for posting!