Description
Snowball cookies embrace winter’s sweetness with strawberry chocolate chip delights. Melt-in-mouth crumbly treats combine rich chocolate and fruity notes, inviting you to savor each delectable bite.
Ingredients
Scale
Main Ingredients:
- 2 cups (250 g / 8.8 oz) all-purpose flour
- 1 cup (225 g / 8 oz) unsalted butter, softened
- ½ cup (90 g / 3.2 oz) mini chocolate chips
Flavoring and Enhancing Ingredients:
- ½ cup (60 g / 2.1 oz) powdered sugar
- ¼ cup (30 g / 1 oz) freeze-dried strawberries, finely ground
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- ¼ teaspoon salt
Coating Ingredient:
- 1 cup (120 g / 4.2 oz) powdered sugar
Instructions
- Thoroughly mix softened butter and powdered sugar until achieving a fluffy, pale consistency, incorporating vanilla extract for enhanced aromatic depth.
- Sift together flour, salt, and finely ground freeze-dried strawberries, creating a delicate dry mixture with vibrant fruity undertones.
- Gently incorporate dry ingredients into butter mixture, stirring minimally to prevent overmixing and maintain a tender cookie texture.
- Delicately fold mini chocolate chips throughout the dough, ensuring even distribution of sweet morsels.
- Carefully shape dough into uniform 1-inch spheres, positioning them strategically on a parchment-lined baking sheet with adequate spacing.
- Position cookies in a preheated 350°F oven, monitoring closely for precise 12-15 minute baking duration until golden-edged yet predominantly pale.
- Allow cookies brief initial cooling on baking sheet, then tenderly enrobe warm cookies in a delicate first layer of powdered sugar.
- Complete cooling process, then re-roll cookies in a secondary powdered sugar coating, creating a luxurious, snow-like exterior.
- Transfer finished cookies to an airtight storage container, preserving their delicate texture and flavor for up to five days at ambient temperature.
Notes
- Crush freeze-dried strawberries finely to ensure an even, intense strawberry flavor throughout the cookies without adding moisture.
- Use room temperature butter for smoother mixing and better cookie texture, preventing dense or tough cookies.
- Chill the dough for 30 minutes before rolling if it feels too soft, which helps maintain the cookie’s shape during baking.
- Swap mini chocolate chips with white chocolate chips for a more delicate flavor that complements the strawberry essence.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 15 minutes
- Category: Desserts, Snacks
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 24
- Calories: 134
- Sugar: 7 g
- Sodium: 16 mg
- Fat: 8 g
- Saturated Fat: 5 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 3 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 15 g
- Fiber: 0.5 g
- Protein: 1 g
- Cholesterol: 31 mg