Cookie and Cake Recipes
PEPPERMINT SNOWBALL COOKIES
From: Betty Crocker
'Tis the season for cookie making. Get in the spirit with these festive peppermint cookies that look like mint-snowballs.
Prep: 20 min
Start To Finish: 1 hr 35 min
Makes 32 cookies
- 1/4 cup finely crushed peppermint candies (12 candies)
- 1/4 cup powdered sugar
- 1 cup butter, softened
- 1/3 cup powdered sugar
- 1/4 cup finely crushed peppermint candies (12 candies)
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 2 1/4 cups Gold Medal® all-purpose flour
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- Heat oven to 325°F.
- Mix 1/4 cup crushed candies and 1/4 cup powdered sugar; reserve.
- Mix butter, 1/3 cup powdered sugar, 1/4 cup crushed candies and the vanilla in medium bowl.
- Stir in flour and salt.
- Shape dough by level measuring tablespoonfuls into balls.
- Place about 2 inches apart on ungreased cookie sheet.
- Bake 12 to 15 minutes or until set but not brown.
- Immediately remove from cookie sheet; roll in reserved candy mixture.
- Cool completely on wire rack.
- Roll in candy mixture again.
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How-To: Make short work of crushing hard peppermint candy. Place candy in a large plastic food-storage bag, and chill in the freezer. Crush candy inside of the bag by lightly pounding with the smooth side of a meat mallet or a small pot. |
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