Cherry Snowball Cookies recipe

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Ingredients

1 ¼ cups confectioners' sugar, divided
½ cup butter, softened
1 cup all-purpose flour
¼ cup quick cooking oats
¼ cup finely chopped sweetened coconut
¼ cup finely chopped walnuts
1 pinch salt
15 maraschino cherries, finely chopped

Nutrition Info

130.7 calories
carbohydrate: 17.1 g
cholesterol: 13.6 mg
fat: 6.7 g
fiber: 0.6 g
protein: 1.2 g
saturatedFat: 3.6 g
servingSize: -
sodium: 39.6 mg
sugar: 9 g
transFat: : -
unsaturatedFat: : -

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.

  2. Beat 1/4 cup confectioner's sugar and butter with an electric mixer until smooth. Add flour, beat for 5 seconds. Add oats, beat for 5 seconds. Add coconut, beat for 5 seconds. Add walnuts, beat for 5 seconds. Add salt, beat for 5 seconds.

  3. Mix cherries into the butter mixture, beating until dough comes together and turns light pink from cherries, about 25 seconds.

  4. Drop spoonfuls of the dough 2 inches apart onto prepared baking sheets.

  5. Bake in preheated oven until slightly golden, 18 minutes. Remove from oven. Pour remaining 1 cup confectioners' sugar into a shallow dish, roll warm cookies in sugar to coat. After rolling all of the cookies once, roll again in confectioners' sugar to coat.

Recipe Yield

18 cookies

Recipe Note

This is a version of the popular snowball cookies. Cherries, coconut, and walnuts have been added. They are easy to make, not overly sweet, and make a pretty festive pink color inside from the addition of the chopped maraschino cherries.

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