Snowball Cookies

INGREDIENTS

• 1 cup butter, softened (2 sticks)
• 2/3 cup powdered sugar
• 2 tsp vanilla extract
• 0.5 tsp almond extra
• 2.25 cups all-purpose flour
• 0.5 tsp salt
• 2 tbsp cornstarch
• 1/2 to 3/4 cups chopped pecans
• Additional powdered sugar to coat cookies (about 1 cup)

INSTRUCTIONS

• Whip together butter and powdered sugar until light and creamy.
• Add vanilla and almond extracts to creamed mixture.
• In another bowl, sift together your dry ingredients: AP flour, salt, cornstarch
• Add your dry to your creamed ingredients in 3 parts.
• Fold in your nuts.
• Put combined dough into fridge for about 30 minutes.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Once dough is chilled, use a small cookie scoop to place cookie dough balls onto 2 baking sheets lined with parchment paper. Allow at least an inch between cookie but know that they do not really spread. You can fit about 20 cookies on one baking sheet.
• Bake cookies in preheated oven for about 10 minutes. Cookies will be very blonde. DO NOT TOUCH once removed from oven.
• Allow cookies to cool for about 10 minutes.
• Once slightly cooled, place cookies on a cooling rack to finish cooling off completely.
• Once cookies are completely cooled, coat cookies in additional powdered sugar. Be gentle as they are delicate.
• Enjoy!

NOTES

Original recipe discovered via TikTok: Angela Kay’s Kitchen. We called these Mexican Wedding Cookies while growing up. They are a fav!