Description
Nut-Free Snowball Cookies are classic soft, melt-in-your-mouth treats coated with confectioners’ sugar. These buttery cookies feature optional semi-sweet mini morsels and are perfect for sharing or enjoying with tea or coffee.
Ingredients
Scale
Cookie Dough
- 1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, softened
- 3/4 cup confectioners’ sugar, divided
- 1/4 cup granulated sugar
- 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
- 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 cup semi-sweet mini morsels, optional
Instructions
- Preheat Oven: Preheat your oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit to get it ready for baking the cookies.
- Mix Butter and Sugars: In a large bowl, use an electric mixer to beat the softened butter, 1/4 cup of the confectioners’ sugar, granulated sugar, and vanilla extract together until the mixture becomes creamy, about 2 minutes.
- Add Flour: Gradually add the all-purpose flour in three batches, beating each batch until fully incorporated into the creamy butter mixture.
- Incorporate Morsels: If using, gently stir in the semi-sweet mini morsels to distribute them evenly throughout the dough.
- Shape Cookies: Using rounded tablespoons, form the dough into 1-inch balls and place them about 2 inches apart on ungreased baking sheets.
- Bake: Bake the cookies for 12 to 14 minutes until they are lightly browned and still hold their ball shape without spreading on the pan.
- Cool Slightly: Let the cookies cool on the baking sheet for a couple of minutes before transferring them to a wire rack to cool completely.
- First Sugar Coating: Place 1/2 cup of the remaining confectioners’ sugar in a shallow bowl. Roll each cooled cookie in the sugar, then tap off any excess and return them to the cooling rack.
- Final Sugar Coating: Allow the cookies to rest for one hour, then roll each cookie again in the confectioners’ sugar for a perfect snowball coating.
- Storage: Store the cookies in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 5 days to maintain freshness.
Notes
- For a chocolate-free version, omit the semi-sweet mini morsels.
- Use unsalted butter softened at room temperature for best creaming results.
- Chilling the dough briefly before shaping can help maintain the round shape during baking.
- Rolling cookies twice in confectioners’ sugar enhances that classic snowball cookie appearance and texture.
- Cookies are best enjoyed within 5 days for optimal freshness and flavor.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cookie
- Calories: 112 kcal
- Sugar: 4 g
- Sodium: 1 mg
- Fat: 7 g
- Saturated Fat: 4 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 2 g
- Trans Fat: 1 g
- Carbohydrates: 11 g
- Fiber: 1 g
- Protein: 1 g
- Cholesterol: 13 mg
