Walnut and Pecan Cookies
Melt-in-mouth festive snowball cookies with walnuts and pecans coated with powdered sugar, giving that snowy effect! Here is the classic Christmas snowball cookies recipe with detailed step-wise pictures.
Recipe Snapshot
YIELD
17 servings
30 m
American
Dessert
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– pecans – walnuts – all-purpose flour sieved – a pinch of salt – ground cinnamon – butter at room temperature – granulated sugar refer to notes – powdered sugar for coating the cookies
Ingredients
1
– Preheat the oven and line a baking tray with parchment paper. – Add the walnuts and pecans to a mixer jar or food processor and pulse them coarsely like below, like coarse cornmeal.
2
– Combine the flour, salt, ground cinnamon, and the nut mixture and set aside. – In a separate bowl, add the butter and the granulated sugar. – Add the flour-nut mixture, reduce the speed to low, and beat it until crumbly.
3
– Then, gently bring the crumbly mix and combine it to form a dough. – Scoop dough using a cookie scoop or ice cream scoop and place them in the baking tray lined with parchment paper. – Bake the cookies.
4
– Transfer the cookies to a cooling rack and let them sit for a couple more minutes. – Place the powdered sugar in a bowl and plate, roll the baked cookies with powdered sugar, and store them.
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– Enjoy!
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