Gluten-Free Snowball Cookies
These light and delicate gluten-free snowball cookies are perfect alongside your coffee, tea or on a holiday cookie tray.
Ingredients
- 1 cup Butter, unsalted and softened
- 1 cup Powdered Sugar, divided
- 1/2 tsp Pure Vanilla Extract
- 1/4 tsp Almond Extract
- 2 1/4 cups Gluten-Free Flour or regular all-purpose flour
- 1/4 tsp Salt
- 3/4 cup Walnuts, finely chopped
Instructions
- Pre-heat the oven to 350°F.
- Pulse the 3/4 cups of walnuts in a food processor until finely chopped or you can use a knife to do it.
- In a large mixing bowl combine 1/2 cup of powdered sugar, 1 cup of softened butter, 1/2 tsp of vanilla extract, and 1/4 tsp of almond extract.
- Beat at medium speed until a soft dough forms.
- Stir in the walnuts.
- Shape the dough using a cookie scoop or your hands into 1" balls.
- Place the cookies 2" apart onto ungreased cookie sheets.
- Bake for 10 minutes or until the edges are lightly browned.
- Remove the cookies from the oven.
- Place a 1/2 cup of powdered sugar into a small bowl and roll the warm cookies into the powdered sugar and place onto a cooling rack to cool.
- Once the cookies are completely cool, roll them into the powdered sugar again.
Nutrition
Serving: 3cookiesCalories: 1192kcalCarbohydrates: 109gProtein: 14gFat: 83gSaturated Fat: 41gPolyunsaturated Fat: 17gMonounsaturated Fat: 19gTrans Fat: 2gCholesterol: 163mgSodium: 682mgPotassium: 149mgFiber: 11gSugar: 43gVitamin A: 1897IUVitamin C: 0.4mgCalcium: 107mgIron: 4mg
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