Ingredients You’ll Need
These cookies are the perfect snowball cookie. They bake to perfection and literally melt in your mouth —just the way a snowball cookie should! Follow my recipe card below for exact measurements.
Brown Sugar: Pack the sugar tightly in the measuring cup! Butter: Use softened butter to help make the mixing easier. Egg: Just 1 large egg for this recipe. Milk: Any kind of milk works here. Vanilla Extract: Adds a sweet vanilla flavor that enhances the chocolate flavor. All-Purpose Flour: The structure of these chocolate snowball cookies! Unsweetened Cocoa Powder: I like to sift my cocoa powder to get out any lumps. Baking Soda: Helps the cookies rise while they bake. Baking Powder: Gives the cookies their puffy and soft texture! Salt: Enhances the sweetness and balances the flavors in this cookie. Walnuts: The oils from the walnuts give it that melt-in-your-mouth texture! Powdered Sugar: For rolling the cookies and giving them that signature “snowball” look!
Chocolate Snowball Cookies Recipe
One of my favorite parts of a snowball cookie is rolling them in powdered sugar. This gives them a sweet, powdery finishing touch that reminds me of Christmas snow!
Chilling: Be sure to chill the dough fully, otherwise your snowballs won’t hold their shape. Walnut Tips: The walnuts need to be fully ground into a fine powder to give these cookies the melt-in-your-mouth texture that is the signature of these delicious cookies. Be sure to grind the walnuts enough! Salted Butter: If you use salted butter, reduce the amount of salt in the recipe to ¼ teaspoon to avoid overly salty cookies. Make Ahead: This snowball cookie recipe is perfect for making ahead! Take a look at my storage tips for my refrigerator, freezer, and storing options.
At Room Temperature: Once your cookies have cooled then place them in an airtight container. They will last on your counter at room temperature for up to 7 days! Avoid storing them in the refrigerator once they have been rolled in powdered sugar, as the powdered sugar will get sticky and moist, and will eventually begin to weep. Storing Cookies Without Powdered Sugar: The baked cookies can be stored in the refrigerator in an airtight container for up to 7 days if they have not been rolled in powdered sugar. In the Freezer: Only the cookie dough can be stored in the freezer in an airtight container for up to 3 months. Let the dough thaw in the refrigerator overnight before baking. Thaw the cookies at room temperature before rolling them in powdered sugar.
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