Peppermint Snowballs Recipe

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The holidays don't begin around our house until a batch of these cookies is baking in the oven. Their wonderful aroma scrumptiously says, "Christmas!"

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Peppermint Snowballs Recipe
  • Prep: 30 min. + chilling Bake: 15 min./batch
  • Yield: 24 Servings
30 15 45

Ingredients

  • 1 cup butter, softened
  • 1/2 cup confectioners' sugar
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 2-1/2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1/2 cup ground nuts, optional
  • FILLING:
  • 2 tablespoons cream cheese, softened
  • 1/2 cup confectioners' sugar
  • 1 teaspoon milk
  • 3 tablespoons crushed peppermint candies
  • 1 drop red food coloring, optional
  • TOPPING:
  • 1/2 cup crushed peppermint candies
  • 1/2 cup confectioners' sugar

Directions

  • In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in vanilla. Gradually add flour. Stir in nuts if desired. Knead dough until smooth and elastic. Cover and refrigerate for 1 hour or until easy to handle.
  • In small bowl, beat the cream cheese, sugar, milk, candy and food coloring if desired. Roll tablespoonfuls of dough into balls. Using the end of a wooden spoon handle, make a deep indentation in the center of each.
  • Fill with 1/4 teaspoon filling. Cover with 1/4 teaspoonfuls of dough; seal and reshape into balls. Combine topping ingredients; roll balls in topping.
  • Place 1 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets. Bake at 350° for 12-14 minutes or until firm. Roll warm cookies in remaining topping; cool on wire racks. Yield: 4 dozen.

Nutritional Facts 1 serving (2 each) equals 158 calories, 8 g fat (5 g saturated fat), 22 mg cholesterol, 82 mg sodium, 20 g carbohydrate, trace fiber, 2 g protein.

Originally published as Peppermint Snowballs in Best of Country Cookies , p66

Tip

Homemade Peppermint Ice Cream

When peppermint stick ice cream isn't available, I crush 15-20 hard peppermint candies or small candy canes and fold into a half gallon of softened vanilla ice cream. —Barb Gribble, Arena, Wisconsin

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Reviewed on Dec. 06, 2011 by Tash82

As noted by an earlier reviewer, the dough just didn't work. I added milk, but still didn't work. I just mixed the filling in with the rest of the dough and baked them that way. I wish I had added more crushed candies...so turned out okay, but not what I was hoping for.


Reviewed on Dec. 17, 2010 by mabelayla

I made these last year for the first time and they were amazing! They were a bit difficult to assemble, but worth the effort. These will remain on my holiday "must bake" list.


Reviewed on Nov. 24, 2010 by suzanneg81

My family has been making these for years but we don't add peppermint, we add walnuts;-)

We just add chopped walnuts to the dough and roll into balls. No filling needed;-) They are amazing! I did try making them the way the recipe says but no one liked them. Try it with nuts and I bet they would be a hit;-)


Reviewed on Dec. 19, 2009 by mandycamps

The cookie dough never got "elastic", the only thing I got was smooth & crumbly. It's virtually impossible to get the dough to re-attach when you're putting the "lid" on the filling. And lastly, I couldn't get the topping to stick or coat, it just fell off (even when they were warm).

 
 
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