Snowball Cookies Recipe

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It looks like there is a fresh dusting of snow on these buttery coconut balls.—Sonya Labbe, Santa Monica, California

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Snowball Cookies Recipe

Prep: 25 min. Bake: 10 min./batch

Yield: 54 Servings

25 10 35

Ingredients

1 cup unsalted butter, softened
1/2 cup confectioners' sugar
2 cups all-purpose flour
1/4 teaspoon salt
2 cups flaked coconut, chopped
Additional confectioners' sugar

Directions

In a large bowl, cream butter and confectioners' sugar until light and fluffy. Combine flour and salt; gradually add to creamed mixture and mix well. Stir in coconut. Shape into 1-in. balls; place 2 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets.
Bake at 350° for 10-13 minutes or until lightly browned. Cool on pans for 3 minutes before removing to wire racks. Roll warm cookies in confectioners' sugar. Yield: 4-1/2 dozen.

Nutritional Facts 1 cookie equals 68 calories, 5 g fat (3 g saturated fat), 9 mg cholesterol, 21 mg sodium, 6 g carbohydrate, trace fiber, 1 g protein. Diabetic Exchanges: 1/2 starch, 1/2 fat.

Originally published as Snowball Cookies in Taste of Home Christmas Annual Annual 2011, p122