Ingredients
| salted butter: 1 cup (room temperature) |
| powdered sugar (unsifted): 1/2 cup |
| orange zest: 2 Tbl |
| ground cloves: 1/2 tsp |
| almonds (ground): 1/4 cup |
| cornstarch: 2 Tbl |
| salt: 1/4 tsp |
| all-purpose flour (unsifted): 2 cups |
| powdered sugar (unsifted): 1 cup (divided) |
Orange Clove Snowball Cookies
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Prep Time
0 min -
Cook Time
12 min -
Servings
2 serving(s)
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Method
- Preheat oven to 350°F Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- In a large bowl, cream together butter and confectioners' sugar. Beat in orange zest, ground cloves, ground almonds, cornstarch and salt.
- Slowly blend in the flour with the mixer on low speed until all of the flour has been incorporated and the dough comes together.
- Shape dough into 1-inch balls and place on prepared baking sheet. Bake for 12-15 minutes, until the edges of the cookies just start to brown.
- Cool on baking sheet for 5 minutes.
- Sift 1/2 cup confectioners’ sugar onto a plate. Dip the bottom of each cookie into the confectioners’ sugar, then place on a wire rack. Dust tops of cookies thoroughly with remaining confectioners sugar, using more sugar if necessary.