How To Make Lemon Snowball Cookies
Make Christmas celebrations extra-sweet and citrusy with our wonderful Lemon Snowball Cookies Recipe! Enjoy snacking on the perfect Holiday dessert treat.
Serves:
Ingredients
For Cookies:
- 2cupsall-purpose flour
- 3tbspcornstarch
- ¼tspsalt
- 1cupunsalted buttersoftened
- ⅔ cuppowdered sugar
- 2lemon zestabout 4 tsp
- 2tsplemon extract
- ½tspvanilla extract
- ½cupalmondsfinely chopped
For Coating:
- 1 ½cupspowdered sugar
Instructions
Cookies:
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In a mixing bowl, whisk together the flour, cornstarch, and salt. Set aside.
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In the bowl of an electric stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, mix the butter on medium speed until creamy for about 20 seconds.
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Blend in powdered sugar and mix in lemon zest, lemon extract, and vanilla extract.
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With the mixer set on low speed, slowly add in flour mixture and mix just until combined. Stir in the almonds.
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Cover the bowl with a plastic wrap and chill for 30 minutes. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F halfway through chilling.
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Scoop dough out 1 tablespoon at a time, then roll into a ball. Place the balls on Silpat or parchment paper-lined baking sheets, spacing the cookies about 2-inches apart.
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Bake in the preheated oven for around 14 to 16 minutes.
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Remove from the oven and allow to cool for several minutes.
Coating:
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While the cookies are still warm, pour powdered sugar into a bowl then roll the cookies in the powdered sugar.
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Transfer to a wire rack to cool. Once the cookies are cool, roll in powdered sugar once more to generously coat.
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Serve Lemon Snowball Cookies to loved ones and enjoy!
Recipe Notes
For the final coating, press the cookies into the powdered sugar to give it a thick coating. For storing, simply place the cookies in an airtight container.
Nutrition
- Calories: 1861.76kcal
- Fat: 77.63g
- Saturated Fat: 9.34g
- Trans Fat: 0.27g
- Monounsaturated Fat: 46.72g
- Polyunsaturated Fat: 17.90g
- Carbohydrates: 278.05g
- Fiber: 18.20g
- Sugar: 241.56g
- Protein: 31.19g
- Cholesterol: 16.27mg
- Sodium: 941.81mg
- Calcium: 392.34mg
- Potassium: 1071.84mg
- Iron: 5.86mg
- Vitamin A: 51.78µg
- Vitamin C: 1.19mg
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