
How To Make Raspberry Almond Snowball Cookies
Looking for a quick treat to make for Christmas? Then these snowball cookies are the way to go! Enjoy each bite with stuffed raspberries and tasty almonds.
Serves:
Ingredients
- 2cupsall-purpose flour
- ½tspsalt
- Âľcupsliced almonds
- 1cupunsalted buttersoftened
- ½cuppowdered sugar
- ½tspalmond extract
- 6tbspraspberry jamseedless
- 1½cupspowdered sugar
Instructions
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In a mixing bowl, whisk together flour and salt. Set aside.
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Add almonds to a food processor and process until finely ground to tiny bits. Set aside.
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In the bowl of an electric stand mixer set with the paddle attachment, cream together butter and ½ cup powdered sugar until combined and smooth.
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Mix in almond extract.
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Slowly add in flour mixture and mix just until combined.
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Mix in sliced almonds, folding with a spatula to combine.
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Scoop dough out ½ a tablespoon at a time, then shape the dough into a ball.
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Make a fairly deep indention with a finger or thumb.
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Add ½ teaspoon of the jam in the center, then scoop out another ½ tablespoon of cookie dough to cover the jam.
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Gently bring some of the dough down on the sides to seal the dough ball.
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Transfer to a plate.
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Repeat with the remaining dough.
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Transfer dough balls to refrigerator then chill 1 hour and 30 minutes.
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Preheat oven to 375 degrees F during last 15 minutes of chilling.
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Transfer cookies to a baking sheet spacing them 2-inches apart.
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Bake in preheated oven until set, about 11 to 13 minutes.
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Remove from oven and allow to cool several minutes.
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Pour the remaining 1½ cups powdered sugar into a small mixing bowl.
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Lightly coat the warm cookies by carefully rolling them in the powdered sugar.
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Transfer them to a wire rack to cool completely.
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Roll once more in powdered sugar for the final coating.
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Serve, and enjoy!
Nutrition
- Calories:Â 140.34kcal
- Fat:Â 7.37g
- Saturated Fat:Â 3.99g
- Trans Fat:Â 0.25g
- Monounsaturated Fat:Â 2.33g
- Polyunsaturated Fat:Â 0.55g
- Carbohydrates:Â 17.60g
- Fiber:Â 0.56g
- Sugar:Â 9.90g
- Protein:Â 1.43g
- Cholesterol:Â 16.27mg
- Sodium:Â 41.23mg
- Calcium:Â 10.16mg
- Potassium:Â 30.94mg
- Iron:Â 0.50mg
- Vitamin A: 51.76µg
- Vitamin C:Â 0.35mg
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