Lemon Snowball Cookies
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Lemon Snowball Cookies
Description
The recipe begins with creaming unsalted butter and powdered sugar, infusing the dough with sweetness and richness. Fresh lemon juice and zest add a refreshing citrus flavor that permeates the cookie. Flour, salt, and lemon zest are combined and gradually mixed into the wet ingredients to form a dough that holds shape when rolled into balls.
Cookies are baked on lined sheets for around 13-15 minutes, enough to develop a gentle color without browning. Once slightly cooled, each cookie is rolled in powdered sugar, giving a soft, snowy exterior that contrasts with the smooth lemon-infused interior. The result is a tender, melt-in-your-mouth cookie that carries bright lemon notes balanced by the sugary outside.
These cookies are well-suited for serving at gatherings or as a light sweet treat alongside tea or coffee. Allowing the cookies to cool completely after rolling ensures the sugar coating sets properly without melting away.
Ingredients
- 1 C butter unsalted, softened
- 1/2 C powdered sugar
- 1 tbsp lemon juice freshly squeezed
- 1 lemon large, zested
- 2 ¼ C flour
- ¼ tsp kosher salt
- ¾ C powdered sugar to roll the cookies in
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees and line two cookie sheets with a silicone mat
- Using a large bowl and hand mixer, beat the butter and powdered sugar until combined
- Mix in the lemon juice
- Using a medium bowl whisk together the flour, salt, and lemon zest
- Gradually mix in the dry ingredients until dough comes together
- Using the scooper, scoop some dough into your hands and roll it into a ball
- Place onto the cookie sheets
- Repeat steps and roll 14 more balls onto the first cookie sheet
- Repeat steps and roll 15 balls onto the second tray
- Place into the oven and bake for 13-15 minutes
- Allow cooling for a few minutes
- Using a medium bowl, add in the ¾ C of the powdered sugar
- Roll each cookie into the powdered sugar
- Allow cooling completely before enjoying
Nutrition Information
Show DetailsNutrition Facts
Serving: 30cookies
Amount Per Serving
Calories 108 kcal
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 108kcal | 5% |
| Carbohydrates | 12g | 4% |
| Protein | 1g | 2% |
| Fat | 6g | 9% |
| Saturated Fat | 4g | 20% |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 0.3g | 2% |
| Monounsaturated Fat | 2g | 10% |
| Trans Fat | 0.2g | 10% |
| Cholesterol | 16mg | 5% |
| Sodium | 21mg | 1% |
| Potassium | 12mg | 0% |
| Fiber | 0.3g | 1% |
| Sugar | 5g | 10% |
| Vitamin A | 189IU | 4% |
| Vitamin C | 0.2mg | 0% |
| Calcium | 3mg | 0% |
| Iron | 0.4mg | 2% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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