White Peppermint Snowballs

Name: White Peppermint Snowballs
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 36
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 79 milliliters crushed peppermint candies, plus more for garnishing; 1 teaspoons peppermint extract (recommended: McCormick); 120 grams powdered sugar, divided; 510 grams package refrigerated sugar cookie dough, room temperature (recommended: Pillsbury)

The recipe White Peppermint Snowballs can be made in roughly 30 minutes. This recipe serves 36. This hor d'oeuvre has 87 calories, 1g of protein, and 4g of fat per serving. If you have peppermint candies, sugar cookie dough, powdered sugar, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. It is perfect for Christmas. It is a good option if you're following a dairy free diet.

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.

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Cut the cookie dough into 8 pieces. In bowl of electric mixer, on medium speed thoroughly combine the dough pieces, peppermint extract, 1/3 cup crushed peppermint candies, and 1/2 cup of the powdered sugar.

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Peppermint Crunch

Peppermint Extract

Powdered Sugar

Candy

Dough

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Hand Mixer

Bowl

Roll the dough into 1-inch diameter balls. Arrange, 2 inches apart, on parchment lined cookie sheets and bake until set, about 8 to 10 minutes.

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Dough

Roll

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Baking Sheet

Oven

Remove from the oven and let cool slightly on cooling racks.

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Oven

Add 1/2 cup of the remaining powdered sugar to a small bowl. While the cookies are still warm, roll them in the sugar.

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Powdered Sugar

Sugar

Roll

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Bowl

Sprinkle with crushed peppermint candies and serve.

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Peppermint Crunch

Candy

As the cookies cool, they will flatten slightly.

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Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F.

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Oven

Cut the roll of cookie dough in half.

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Cookie Dough

Roll

Put the halves in separate large mixing bowls. In 1 bowl, thoroughly mix 1/4 cup of the flour and the peppermint extract into cookie dough. In the second bowl, add the remaining 1/4 cup flour and enough food coloring to make a red dough.

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Peppermint Extract

Food Color

Cookie Dough

Dough

All Purpose Flour

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Mixing Bowl

Mix well with gloved hands until the color is well blended.

Divide the white and red dough into 24 pieces each, (for a total of 48 pieces).

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Dough

Roll each piece into a rope 8 inches long and about 1/4-inch in diameter.

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Roll

To shape candy canes, arrange 1 rope of each color side by side on parchment lined cookie sheets. Gently twist together and shape into a candy cane. Repeat with the remaining pieces, spacing the cookies about 2 inches apart.

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Candy Cane

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Baking Sheet

Bake until edges are very lightly browned, about 10 minutes.

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Remove from the oven and let rest, about 5 minutes, before transferring the cookies to racks. Gently remove them from the cookie sheets with a long metal spatula and cool on cooling racks.

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Baking Sheet

Spatula