snowball cookie /easy bake christmas cookies
Ingredients
- All purpose flour/maida - 2 cups
- Powdered sugar - 11/2 cups 1 cup for the dough and 1/2 for rolling
- Vanilla essence - 1 tsp
- Almonds coarsely powdered - 1 cup
- Butter cold but not hard - 1 cup
Instructions
- Take powdered sugar in a bowl and sieve the flour into it and add butter.
- Combine every thing by adding vanilla essence and almond mixture to it.
- Pre-heat oven at 185 degrees for 10-12 minutes.
- The mixture will form crumbles and not dough.
- Now when you try to shape it will hold the shape and this the right consistency.
- Shape the mixture into balls and place it in a butter paper lined tray and bake it for 20 minutes in the pre-heated oven.
- Take out and when it is still warm roll it in powdered sugar mixture and your snow ball cookies are ready(don't roll when hot)
Notes
When you take out after baking the balls should be lightly golden at the top this is how it looks when done.
When you try to shape it will hold the shape and this the right consistency.
Butter should be not hard but still cold.
Don't powder the almonds finely it should be chunky.
Don't roll when hot it will melt.
According to my oven temperature I have set it,adjust according to yours.
When you try to shape it will hold the shape and this the right consistency.
Butter should be not hard but still cold.
Don't powder the almonds finely it should be chunky.
Don't roll when hot it will melt.
According to my oven temperature I have set it,adjust according to yours.