Walnut Snowballs Recipes

WALNUT SNOWBALL COOKIES

Steps:

• place butter, walnuts, flour, caster sugar and vanilla in a bowl
• use your hand to mix it all together until the butter and flour is incorporated (it only takes a minute and a rubber glove is a good idea)
• line a baking tray with baking (parchment paper)
• roll into small walnut size pieces and place on the tray leaving a space between each cookie (they don't spread)
• place tray in the refrigerator for 30 minutes
• preheat oven to 175c (350f) on bake, not fan
• bake for 20 minutes - see notes
• place icing sugar in a bowl
• remove cookies from the oven and allow to sit for 1-2 minutes
• toss each hot cookie in the icing (powdered) sugar and return to tray to cool down
• when the cookies are cold redust them in the icing (powdered) sugar
• serve and enjoy!

WALNUT EGGNOG SNOWBALLS

Steps:

• Position racks in the upper and lower thirds of the oven; preheat to 350 degrees F. Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper. Spread the walnuts on another baking sheet and bake until toasted, about 10 minutes. Let cool, then pulse the nuts in a food processor until finely ground. Transfer to a small bowl and add the rum and vanilla; let soak at least 30 minutes.
• Whisk the flour, 1 teaspoon nutmeg and the salt in a medium bowl. Beat the butter, egg yolk and 1/2 cup confectioners' sugar in a large bowl with a mixer on medium-high speed until creamy, about 3 minutes. Beat in the walnut-rum mixture until fluffy, about 1 minute. Reduce the mixer speed to low and beat in the flour mixture, then increase the speed to medium high and beat until combined. Turn out the dough onto a large sheet of plastic wrap and pat into a disk; wrap and refrigerate until firm, about 1 hour.
• Roll tablespoonfuls of dough into 1-inch balls and arrange 1 inch apart on the prepared pans. Bake until light golden, 20 to 25 minutes. Let cool 5 minutes on the pans.
• Put the remaining 1 cup confectioners' sugar and 3/4 teaspoon nutmeg in a medium bowl. Gently roll the warm cookies in the confectioners' sugar mixture. Transfer to a rack to cool completely; the cookies will firm up as they cool. Once cool, reroll in the confectioners' sugar mixture.

CHRISTMAS WALNUT SNOWBALLS

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine all ingredients together just until blended.
• If it seems a bit dry, add the 1 tablespoon of milk.
• Roll into approximately 1 inch balls and place on an ungreased baking sheet.
• Bake at 375F for 20 minutes. Oven times may vary so checking your cookies after about 12 minutes or so may be necessary so your cookies do not overbake/This is the temp and time my grandmother had on the recipe but seeing as the temp is a bit high I would check them periodically.
• When cookies are lukewarm, roll in powdered sugar.
• When completely cooled, you can roll again in the powdered sugar for even sweeter and"snowier" cookies, if you like.
• Note; If you prefer rum balls, you may add a tablespoon of rum {or more if you want really happy cookies} to the mixture before baking.

SNOWBALL COOKIES RECIPE BY TASTY

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325˚F (170˚C).
• Place the walnuts in a ziploc bag and use a rolling pin to crush them until crushed.
• In a large bowl, combine crushed walnuts, flour, sugar, softened butter, vanilla and mix with a rubber spatula until well combined.
• Roll the dough into ping pong ball-sized spheres.
• Bake for 20-30 minutes, until the bottom of the cookies is slightly brown.
• While the cookies are still warm, sift powdered sugar over the cookies.
• Enjoy!