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peppermint snowballs

(1 rating)
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Recipe by
Katie Lovering
@katieinkentucky
Stoneham, MA

A melt in your mouth delicious Christmas cookie.

(1 rating)

Ingredients For peppermint snowballs

  • 1 c
    butter or margarine
  • 1/2 c
    powdered sugar
  • 1 tsp
    vanilla extract
  • 2 1/2 c
    all purpose flour
  • 3/4 c
    hard peppermint candies, crushed (w-food processor)
  • powdered sugar for rolling

How To Make peppermint snowballs

  • 1
    Heat oven to 400 degrees. Beat butter, ½ C powdered sugar and the vanilla in a large bowl with electric mixer on medium speed. Mix ¼ C of the crushed peppermint candies in with the flour and salt, & save the remaining candies. Stir in the flour mixture.
  • 2
    Shape dough into 1 inch balls. Place about 2 inches apart on an ungreased cookie sheet.
  • 3
    Bake 8-9 minutes or until set but not brown. Immediately remove from the cookie sheet; roll in powdered sugar. Wait 10 minutes then roll in the remaining candy. Reroll if desired.
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