Description
Delight in these classic Chocolate Chip Snowball Cookies, featuring a buttery dough studded with mini semi-sweet chocolate chips, baked to perfection and generously rolled in confectioners sugar for a festive, melt-in-your-mouth treat. Perfect for holiday gatherings or any cozy occasion.
Ingredients
Scale
Cookie Dough
- 1 cup unsalted butter, room temperature
- ½ cup confectioners sugar
- 1 ½ teaspoons vanilla extract
- 2 ¼ cups all-purpose flour
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1 cup mini semi-sweet chocolate chips
For Rolling
- 1-2 cups additional confectioners sugar
Instructions
- Preheat Oven: Preheat your oven to 350°F (175°C) and line two baking sheets with parchment paper to ensure the cookies don’t stick.
- Cream Butter Mixture: In a stand mixer or large bowl, beat the room temperature butter, ½ cup confectioners sugar, and vanilla extract until the mixture is light and fluffy. This usually takes about 3 to 5 minutes and creates a smooth base for the dough.
- Add Dry Ingredients: With your mixer on low speed, gradually blend in the all-purpose flour and salt. Increase the mixer to medium speed and continue mixing until a cohesive dough forms, scraping the bowl as needed to incorporate all ingredients evenly.
- Incorporate Chocolate Chips: Fold in the mini semi-sweet chocolate chips evenly into the dough, ensuring every bite has delicious chocolate.
- Shape Cookies: Using a tablespoon or cookie scoop, form the dough into balls and place them on the prepared baking sheets, spacing them at least 1 inch apart to allow for gentle expansion.
- Bake: Bake the cookies in the preheated oven for 10 to 12 minutes. They should be lightly golden on the bottoms; avoid overbaking to keep the cookies tender.
- Cool Slightly: Let the cookies cool on the baking sheets for 3 to 5 minutes until they are warm but firm enough to handle.
- Roll in Sugar: Roll the warm cookies in the reserved confectioners sugar until fully coated, then transfer them to a wire rack to cool completely.
- Optional Second Coating: For an extra thick, snowy sugar coating, roll the cookies again in fresh confectioners sugar once they are completely cooled.
Notes
- If the dough feels too soft and sticky to roll, chill it briefly in the refrigerator to firm it up for easier handling.
- Replace the confectioners sugar used for rolling if it becomes clumpy to maintain a smooth and attractive coating.
- Store the cookies in an airtight container at room temperature for up to one week or freeze them for up to three months to enjoy later.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cookie
- Calories: 110
- Sugar: 7g
- Sodium: 70mg
- Fat: 6g
- Saturated Fat: 3.5g
- Unsaturated Fat: 2g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 14g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 1g
- Cholesterol: 20mg
