Description
Nut-Free Snowball Cookies are classic melt-in-your-mouth treats made with butter, sugar, and flour, optionally enhanced with semi-sweet mini morsels. These cookies are soft, lightly browned, and coated in powdered sugar for a sweet finish, perfect for those avoiding nuts or looking for a nostalgic dessert.
Ingredients
Scale
Cookie Dough
- 1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter (softened)
- 3/4 cup confectioners’ sugar (powdered sugar), divided
- 1/4 cup granulated sugar
- 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
- 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 cup semi-sweet mini morsels (optional)
Instructions
- Preheat Oven: Preheat your oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit to prepare for baking the cookies.
- Mix Butter and Sugars: In a large bowl, use an electric mixer to beat the softened butter, 1/4 cup of confectioners’ sugar, granulated sugar, and vanilla extract until the mixture is creamy, which will take about 2 minutes.
- Add Flour: Gradually add the flour in three batches to the butter mixture, beating after each addition until fully incorporated. If using, fold in the mini morsels by stirring them into the dough.
- Shape Cookies: Form rounded tablespoons of dough into 1-inch balls and arrange them about 2 inches apart on ungreased baking sheets.
- Bake: Bake the cookies for 14 minutes or until they are lightly browned but still mostly in ball shape, indicating they should not spread much on the pan.
- Cool Cookies: Let the cookies cool on the baking sheet for a couple of minutes before transferring them to a wire rack to cool completely.
- Coat with Sugar: Pour about 1/2 cup of confectioners’ sugar into a shallow bowl. Roll each cooled cookie in the sugar, tap off excess, and place back on the cooling rack.
- Second Sugar Coating: Allow the cookies to rest for one hour, then roll them once more in the confectioners’ sugar for a perfect snowball finish.
- Storage: Store cookies in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 5 days to maintain freshness.
Notes
- These cookies are delightfully sweet and soft, with a melt-in-your-mouth texture reminiscent of childhood treats.
- You can omit the mini morsels for a classic plain snowball cookie.
- Ensure the butter is softened for easier mixing and better texture.
- Do not grease the baking sheets, as this will help cookies retain their ball shape during baking.
- Rolling the cookies twice in powdered sugar gives them their signature snowy appearance.
- These cookies pair well with hot tea or coffee as a nostalgic snack.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cookie
- Calories: 112 kcal
- Sugar: 4 g
- Sodium: 1 mg
- Fat: 7 g
- Saturated Fat: 4 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 2 g
- Trans Fat: 1 g
- Carbohydrates: 11 g
- Fiber: 1 g
- Protein: 1 g
- Cholesterol: 13 mg
