Chocolate Stuffed Snowball Cookies
Snowball cookies are an amazing choice for your holiday table. Rich and buttery cookies with crunchy nuts inside and stuffed with chocolate makes them simply irresistible.
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup (113g) butter , room temperature
- 2 tbsp (30 g) sugar
- 1 tsp (5ml) vanilla extract
- 1/4 tsp (1g) salt
- 1 cup (125g) all-purpose flour
- 1 cup (100g) finely chopped pecans/walnuts
- 4 oz (120g) semisweet chocolate , small pieces
- 1 cup (120g) powdered sugar , for dusting cookies twice
Instructions
- In a large bowl mix butter and sugar until light and creamy. Add salt and vanilla extract and continue mixing until combined.
- Gradually incorporate flour and add chopped nuts. Refrigerate the dough for 30 minutes.
- Preheat oven to 350ºF (180ºC) and line two baking sheets with parchment paper.
- Take about a spoon of dough, flatten, add a piece of chocolate in the center, wrap the dough around it and roll into a ball.
- Place dough balls into the prepared baking sheets.
- Bake for about 12-13 minutes, until slightly browned. Make sure you do not overbake otherwise the cookies could crack.
- Let cool on baking sheet for 5-10 minutes.
- Place 1/2 cup powdered sugar into a bowl. While still a bit warm roll the balls in powdered sugar.
- Let them cool completely and roll in powdered sugar again if necessary.
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Nutrition
Serving: 1gCalories: 103kcalCarbohydrates: 10.9gProtein: 1gFat: 6.6gSaturated Fat: 2.9gCholesterol: 8mgSugar: 6.9g