Peppermint Snowball Cookies

Name: Peppermint Snowball Cookies
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 36
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 241 grams cups (about all purpose flour; 3 mediums candy canes, crushed; 113 grams cup (about confectioners sugar, divided; 220 grams cups (about finely chopped pecans; 1 teaspoon pure peppermint extract; 1 teaspoons salt

Peppermint Snowball Cookies might be just the dessert you are searching for. One portion of this dish contains roughly 1g of protein, 4g of fat, and a total of 84 calories. This recipe serves 36. If you have pecans, peppermint extract, confectioners' sugar, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. Christmas will be even more special with this recipe. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 45 minutes. It is a good option if you're following a dairy free diet.

Instructions

Adjust oven rack to middle position and preheat oven to 350°F.

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Oven

In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, cream the butter with 1/2 cup of the confectioners' sugar and the peppermint extract.

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Powdered Sugar

Peppermint Extract

Butter

Cream

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Stand Mixer

Bowl

Mix in the flour, nuts, and salt until the dough comes together in a slightly crumbly but cohesive form.

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Dough

All Purpose Flour

Nuts

Salt

Roll about 1 tablespoon or so of dough into balls and place on an ungreased cookie sheet with about an inch of space for each cookie (they will spread only very slightly).

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Spread

Dough

Roll

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Baking Sheet

Bake for 15 minutes, or until the sides are set and the bottoms are a slightly toasty color. It's better to undercook these cookies than to overcook them.

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Oven

Let the cookies cool on the sheets for about five minutes. They are extremely fragile at this point, and if you handle them too soon, they will crumble in your hand.

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Place the remaining confectioners' sugar in a shallow bowl. In a second shallow bowl, place the crushed candy canes. While the cookies are still quite warm, roll them in the sugar. Gently tap off any excess sugar. Remember to handle them very gently as they are still fragile.

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Powdered Sugar

Candy Cane