Walnut Snowball Cookies Recipes

WALNUT SNOWBALL COOKIES

Steps:

• place butter, walnuts, flour, caster sugar and vanilla in a bowl
• use your hand to mix it all together until the butter and flour is incorporated (it only takes a minute and a rubber glove is a good idea)
• line a baking tray with baking (parchment paper)
• roll into small walnut size pieces and place on the tray leaving a space between each cookie (they don't spread)
• place tray in the refrigerator for 30 minutes
• preheat oven to 175c (350f) on bake, not fan
• bake for 20 minutes - see notes
• place icing sugar in a bowl
• remove cookies from the oven and allow to sit for 1-2 minutes
• toss each hot cookie in the icing (powdered) sugar and return to tray to cool down
• when the cookies are cold redust them in the icing (powdered) sugar
• serve and enjoy!

CHOCOLATE WALNUT SNOWBALL COOKIES

Steps:

• Position an oven rack in the center of the oven and preheat to 350 degrees F. Line a baking sheet with parchment.
• Finely chop 1/2 cup of the walnuts and set aside. Process the remaining 3/4 cup walnuts with 1/2 cup of the sugar in a food processor until very finely ground, about 1 minute. Add the butter and vanilla and process until smooth, 30 seconds to 1 minute. Add the flour, cocoa powder and salt and process until most of the dough forms a ball and is completely combined. Scrape the dough into a bowl with a rubber spatula and fold in the chocolate chips and reserved chopped walnuts.
• Roll mounded teaspoons of the dough into 1-inch balls and space evenly apart on the prepared baking sheet. Bake the cookies, rotating the baking sheet halfway through, until cracked on top and mostly firm but still slightly springy when pressed, about 18 minutes (they will firm up out of the oven). Cool the cookies on the baking sheet for 5 minutes; you want them to be slightly warm for the first tossing in sugar.
• Meanwhile, put the remaining 3/4 cup sugar in a shallow bowl or pie plate. Toss the warm cookies very gently in the sugar until evenly coated. Transfer the cookies to a wire rack to cool completely, about 30 minutes, then toss again in the sugar so they are very white. The cookies will keep in a little bit of extra sugar in an airtight container for up to 1 week.

SNOWBALL COOKIES RECIPE BY TASTY

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325˚F (170˚C).
• Place the walnuts in a ziploc bag and use a rolling pin to crush them until crushed.
• In a large bowl, combine crushed walnuts, flour, sugar, softened butter, vanilla and mix with a rubber spatula until well combined.
• Roll the dough into ping pong ball-sized spheres.
• Bake for 20-30 minutes, until the bottom of the cookies is slightly brown.
• While the cookies are still warm, sift powdered sugar over the cookies.
• Enjoy!