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Homemade cherry snowball cookies coated in powdered sugar, one broken open to reveal red cherry pieces, with scattered sugar and whole cherries nearby.

Cherry Snowball Cookies

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Festive, buttery Cherry Snowball Cookies packed with chopped maraschino cherries and rolled in powdered sugar. Easy to make, hard to resist, and perfect for holidays or gifting!
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Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 13 minutes
Cooling & Sugar Coating 15 minutes
Total Time 48 minutes
Servings: 36 cookies
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Calories: 120
Ingredients Equipment Method Nutrition Notes

Ingredients
  

  • 1 cup Unsalted butter - Softened
  • ½ cup Powdered sugar - For the dough
  • 2¼ cups All-purpose flour
  • 1 teaspoon Vanilla extract - Or use almond extract for variation
  • ⅛ teaspoon Salt - Skip if using salted butter
  • ½ cup Maraschino cherries - Drained, patted dry, and chopped
  • Powdered sugar - For rolling (about 1 cup, as needed)
Optional Add-ins
  • ½ teaspoon Almond extract - Swap for vanilla or use in combination
  • ¼ cup Chopped nuts - Pecans, walnuts, almonds (optional)
  • 1–2 tablespoon Cherry juice - For color or flavor, optional

Equipment

  • 1 Large mixing bowl (For dough preparation)
  • 1 Electric mixer (Hand or stand mixer works)
  • 1 Cookie scoop (Or tablespoon for shaping)
  • 2 Baking sheets (Lined with parchment paper)
  • 1 Wire cooling rack (For even cooling)

Method
 

  1. Preheat oven to 350°F and line baking sheets with parchment.
  2. Drain, dry, and chop maraschino cherries.
  3. Cream butter and sugar, then mix in vanilla, flour, salt, and cherries.
  4. Shape dough into balls and bake until lightly golden.
  5. Roll warm cookies in powdered sugar, cool, then roll again.

Nutrition

Serving: 1cookieCalories: 120kcalCarbohydrates: 14gProtein: 1gFat: 7gSaturated Fat: 4gPolyunsaturated Fat: 0.5gMonounsaturated Fat: 2gCholesterol: 15mgSodium: 10mgPotassium: 15mgFiber: 0.3gSugar: 7gVitamin A: 180IUVitamin C: 0.3mgCalcium: 5mgIron: 0.3mg

Notes

Nutrition information is automatically calculated and should be considered an approximation. Actual values may vary based on specific ingredients used and portion sizes

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