Peppermint Snowballs
From pleclare 16 years ago
- 12 minutes to make
- Serves 36
These are pretty and delicious cookies. Great with hot chocolate.
Ingredients
- 1c butter shopping list
- 1/2c powdered sugar shopping list
- 1tsp vanilla extract shopping list
- 21/2c flour shopping list
- 1/2c ground nuts shopping list
- Filling: shopping list
- 2Tbs cream cheese shopping list
- 1/2c powdered sugar shopping list
- 1tsp milk shopping list
- 3Tbs crushed peppermint candies shopping list
- 1 drop red food coloring shopping list
- Topping: shopping list
- 1/2c crushed peppermint candies shopping list
- 1/2c powdered sugar shopping list
How to make it
- Cream together butter and powdered sugar. Add vanilla,mix well.
- Gradually add flour and ground nuts(if using) and mix well. Knead dough and then cover and refrigerate 1 hour.
- While the gough is chilling,prepare the filling by beating together cream cheese,powdered sugar,milk,crushed candy and food coloring till welll blended.
- Preheat oven to 350. Roll the doughinto balls(about the size of a teaspoon). Make an indentation in the center of each ball and fill with 1/4tsp of filling. Cover indentation with another 1/4 tsp dough.
- Smooth and reshape balls. Combine topping ingredients in bowl. Roll dough balls in topping and place on ungreased cookie sheets. Bake at 350 until firm,about 12 mins. After removing from oven,roll warm cookies in topping once again.
The Rating
Reviewed by 8 people-
i love peppermint too and these babies will be tried and eaten over the holidays thanks pleclare ....five
minitindel
in THE HEART OF THE WINE COUNTRY loved it
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love it! thanks for sharing!
sparow64
in Sweetwater loved it
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This looks yummy but nuts are a no, no in my house my youngest is allergic :(....
laurieg
in Wilmington loved it
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