Snowball Cookies
These tender Snowball Cookies are filled with chocolate chips and coated in pumpkin pie spice. They are perfect on a holiday cookie tray or great served with a cup of tea!
Servings: 50 cookies
Ingredients
- 1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter , room temperature
- 1 & 1/2 cups powdered sugar , divided
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 2 & 1/4 cups all-purpose flour , spooned and leveled
- 1/2 teaspoon coarse salt
- 1/2 cup semi sweet chocolate chips
- 2 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice (or cinnamon)
Instructions
- Line a baking sheets with parchment paper; set aside.
- In a large bowl, cream together the butter, a 1/2 cup of the powdered sugar, and vanilla on high with a handheld electric or stand mixer, until light and fluffy. Turn the mixer down to low and add in the the all-purpose flour and salt, scraping down the bowl once or twice. Stir in the chocolate chips.
- Using a one tablespoon-sized cookie scoop, measure out the dough and form balls with your hands. Place on baking sheets. (Do not flatten.)
- Chill cookies in the refrigerator for 1 hour.
- Preheat oven to 325 degrees F. Bake cookies for about 17-18 minutes until set and lightly browned on the bottom (the surface color will stay beige.)
- While cookies are baking, whisk together the remaining 1 cup of powdered sugar and the pumpkin pie spice in a bowl.
- Remove cookies from the oven and allow to sit for 2 minutes, then gently coat them with the pumpkin pie spice mixture.
- Set aside to cool for 20 minutes, then toss them in the spice mixture again.
- Eat and enjoy!
Nutrition
Calories: 87kcal | Carbohydrates: 8g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 6g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Cholesterol: 10mg | Sodium: 24mg | Potassium: 15mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 4g | Vitamin A: 113IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 9mg | Iron: 1mg