Snowball Cookies Without Nuts
Snowball cookies are sweet and dense and rolled in powdered sugar and made without nuts. They require very few ingredients and are the perfect bite-sized treat.
Servings: 13 cookies
Calories: 118kcal
Ingredients
- ½ cup butter, softened (56g)
- 3 tablespoon sugar (36g)
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 cup flour (140g)
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ½ cup powdered sugar (56g)
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350°F.
- In a large bowl, cream the butter and sugar.
- Add the vanilla, flour, and salt. Mix to combine.
- Roll into 1 inch balls and place on a cookie sheet.
- Bake at 350°F for 11-12 minutes. Do not brown.
- Once cool, roll in powdered sugar.
Notes
- Doubling the Recipe: This recipe makes only 13 cookies. If you're baking for a crowd, consider doubling the recipe.
- Softened Butter: The temperature and consistency of the butter are important in this recipe. The butter should be at a soft room temperature. It should not be warm or overly soft. If the butter is too warm, you will have trouble shaping the cookies.
- Dough Too Soft: If the dough is too soft to shape into balls (ie the butter was too soft), place the dough in the fridge for 30 minutes or until the dough is firmer, then shape the cookies into round balls and bake.
- Scrape Down the Bowl: Scrape down the bowl as you mix to ensure that all the ingredients are evenly incorporated. This is particularly important given that it is a small amount of batter.
- Baking Time: The first time that you bake these cookies, pay close attention to the baking time. The cookies should not be allowed to brown. All ovens run slightly differently and you may need to pull them out a minute or two early or leave them in one minute longer.
- Test Cookie: It's always a good idea when making a new cookie recipe for the first time, to bake only 1 cookie first to determine if any adjustments need to be made to the baking time (or the amount of flour if you did not weigh the ingredients in grams).
- Powdered Sugar: Wait until the cookies have cooled before tossing them in powdered sugar. If the cookies are still warm, the powdered sugar will melt and you will not get the snowball cookie effect.
Nutrition
Calories: 118kcal | Carbohydrates: 12g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 7g | Saturated Fat: 5g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.3g | Monounsaturated Fat: 2g | Trans Fat: 0.3g | Cholesterol: 19mg | Sodium: 101mg | Potassium: 13mg | Fiber: 0.3g | Sugar: 5g | Vitamin A: 218IU | Calcium: 4mg | Iron: 0.5mg
