Snowball Cookies—with Coffee and Cardamom
Crisp, sweet, and spiced. These Snowball Cookies, flavored with coffee and cardamom, are lovely for dessert or to give as a gift.
Servings: 25 servings
Calories: 130kcal
Ingredients
- 1 cup unsalted butter, softened
- 1 cup confectioners' sugar
- 2 tablespoons strong, brewed coffee (let it cool to room temperature)
- 2½ cups all-purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons ground cardamom
- ¼ teaspoon salt
To coat cookies:
- 2 to 3 cups confectioners' sugar
Instructions
Make cookie dough:
- Preheat oven to 325° F. Line a large baking sheet with parchment paper.
- Cut the butter into chunks. Place the butter and the 1 cup of confectioner's sugar in the bowl of a stand mixer. Beat the ingredients together on high speed for three minutes.
- Add in the strong coffee to the bowl and mix it in.
- Add in the flour, cardamom, and salt: mix them in on low speed, scraping once or twice, and continue only until the dough just comes together.
- Remove the dough and squeeze it together a few times by hand. Flatten the dough into a disk. Wrap in plastic and place in the fridge for 30 minutes.
Make the cookie balls:
- Place the 2-3 cups of confectioner's sugar in a bowl and hold it aside—you'll use this to coat the cookies when they come out of the oven. Have a cooling rack ready as well.
- Use a teaspoon: scoop a teaspoon of dough and roll it between your hands into a ball about 1 inch in diameter. Place it on the lined cookie sheet. Continue until you fill the baking sheet, leaving about 1½ inches between dough balls.
- Bake the cookies for 18 minutes: they should be lightly browned on the bottom. Remove the pan from the oven.
- Roll each baked cookie in confectioner's sugar, then place it on a cooling rack.
- Continue making cookie balls, baking them, and coating them in sugar until they're all done.
Coat them in sugar - again:
- Once the cookies are cool (15-20 minutes) roll each one a second time in confectioner's sugar.
- Store the double-coated, cooled cookies in an airtight container for up to 5 days.
- Makes about 75 cookies.
Notes
- Remember to allow at least 30 minutes for the cookie dough to chill. This helps the cookies keep their shape when baking, and prevents the butter from melting out of the dough.
Nutrition
Serving: 3cookie balls | Calories: 130kcal | Carbohydrates: 14g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 7g | Saturated Fat: 5g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 2g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 20mg | Sodium: 25mg | Potassium: 18mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 5g | Vitamin A: 227IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 5mg | Iron: 1mg
