Cinnamon Snowballs Recipes

CHAI SNOWBALLS

While these powdery treats may resemble Mexican wedding cookies or Russian tea cakes, they have a decidedly different flavor, thanks to the chai-inspired combination of Darjeeling tea and warming spices in the batter.

Provided by Martha Stewart

Categories Food & Cooking Dessert & Treats Recipes Cookie Recipes

Time 1h

Yield Makes about 3 dozen

Number Of Ingredients 12

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Steps:

Preheat oven to 325 degrees, with racks in upper and lower thirds. In a bowl, whisk together both flours, tea, salt, pepper, and spices. In another bowl, beat butter with sugar on medium speed until light and fluffy, about 3 minutes. Beat in vanilla. Reduce speed to low; gradually add flour mixture, beating just until a dough forms. Roll level tablespoons of dough into balls. Place 1 inch apart on 2 parchment-lined baking sheets.
Bake, rotating rack positions once halfway through, until cookies are set and golden on bottoms, 15 to 18 minutes.
Let cool on sheets 5 minutes. Roll in confectioners' sugar; let cool completely on a wire rack. Generously coat in more confectioners' sugar before serving, or store in an airtight container at room temperature up to 2 weeks.

Ingredients

2 cups unbleached all-purpose flour
1 cup almond flour
2 tablespoons best-quality black tea leaves, such as Darjeeling, coarsely ground in a spice grinder or mortar and pestle
3/4 teaspoon kosher salt
1/2 teaspoon freshly ground pepper
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
3/4 teaspoon ground ginger
1/2 teaspoon ground cardamom
Pinch of ground cloves
2 sticks unsalted butter, room temperature
1/2 cup confectioners' sugar, plus more for rolling
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract or paste

SNOWBALLS

These nut and butter cookie with a sugar coating are great for the holidays when sampling lots of cookies. Just pop one in your mouth and enjoy!

Provided by Earla Taylor

Categories Desserts Cookies

Time 55m

Yield 24

Number Of Ingredients 7

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Steps:

Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C.) Lightly butter 2 baking sheets, or line with parchment paper.
Cream the butter, sugar, and vanilla until light and fluffy. Sift together the flour and salt; mix into the butter mixture. Stir in the pecans. Dust your hands with a little of the confectioners' sugar and roll the dough into 1 inch balls.
Place 2 inches apart on the baking sheets and bake for 25 minutes or just until brown. Put on racks to cool for 15 minutes, then roll in the confectioners sugar.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 170 calories, Carbohydrate 16.7 g, Cholesterol 20.3 mg, Fat 11 g, Fiber 0.7 g, Protein 1.6 g, SaturatedFat 5.2 g, Sodium 127.4 mg, Sugar 8.3 g

Ingredients

1 cup butter
½ cup white sugar
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
2 cups sifted all-purpose flour
¾ teaspoon salt
1 cup chopped pecans
¾ cup sifted confectioners' sugar

TRIPLE NUT SNOWBALLS

This super-crunchy, not-too-sweet cookie is a fun update on the classic snowball. I used cashews, macadamia nuts and pecans, but you can mix and match other nuts to your liking. -Thomas Faglon, Somerset, New Jersey

Provided by Taste of Home

Categories Desserts

Time 25m

Yield about 6 dozen.

Number Of Ingredients 9

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Steps:

Preheat oven to 375°. Cream butter and 1/2 cup confectioners' sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in extract. In another bowl, whisk flour, salt and cinnamon; gradually beat into creamed mixture. Pulse nuts in a food processor until finely ground. Mix nuts into dough., Shape into 1-in. balls. Place 1 in. apart on parchment-lined baking sheets. Bake until golden brown, 8-10 minutes. Cool on pans 10 minutes., Place remaining confectioners' sugar in a small bowl. Roll slightly cooled cookies in sugar; return cookies to wire racks to cool completely. Roll cookies in sugar again just before serving.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 88 calories, Fat 6g fat (2g saturated fat), Cholesterol 8mg cholesterol, Sodium 40mg sodium, Carbohydrate 8g carbohydrate (4g sugars, Fiber 0 fiber), Protein 1g protein.

Ingredients

1 cup plus 2 tablespoons unsalted butter, softened
1/2 cup plus 2 cups confectioners' sugar, divided
1-1/2 teaspoons almond extract
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 cup unsalted cashews
1 cup macadamia nuts
1 cup pecan halves