Description
These Gingerbread Snowballs are a delightful holiday cookie recipe that combines warm spices and a soft buttery texture, perfect for festive occasions and gifting. They bake to a tender cookie that’s rolled in powdered sugar for a snowy effect.
Ingredients
Scale
Cookies
- 1 cup Challenge Unsalted Butter (226g), softened
- ½ cup (57g) powdered sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon ground ginger
- ½ teaspoon ground nutmeg
- ¼ teaspoon ground allspice
- ¼ teaspoon ground cloves
- 1 tablespoon molasses
- 2 ¼ cups (279g) all purpose flour
Coating
- Powdered sugar for rolling
Instructions
- Preheat Oven Preheat your oven to 350°. Line two cookie sheets with parchment paper to prevent sticking and ensure even baking.
- Mix Butter and Sugar Using an electric mixer, beat the softened butter until fluffy, about 20 seconds. Add the powdered sugar, vanilla, salt, cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, allspice, cloves, and molasses, mixing until smooth and combined.
- Add Flour Gradually add the all-purpose flour to the wet mixture. Mix continuously as the dough will initially appear crumbly but keep mixing until it forms a cohesive cookie dough. This can take several minutes of mixing.
- Form Dough Balls Scoop 1 tablespoon portions of dough and place them evenly spaced on the prepared cookie sheets.
- Bake Cookies Bake the cookies in the preheated oven for 12 minutes, or until the bottoms just begin to brown slightly.
- Cool and Coat Remove the cookies from the oven and allow them to cool slightly until they can be handled. Roll each cookie in powdered sugar until fully coated, then transfer to a cooling rack. Once completely cooled, optionally roll again in powdered sugar for extra coating.
Notes
- Use parchment paper for easy removal and cleanup.
- If dough remains crumbly, continue mixing by hand to bring it together.
- Rolling cookies in powdered sugar twice creates a beautiful snowy effect.
- This recipe makes about 48 cookies, perfect for sharing during the holidays.
- Store cookies in an airtight container to keep them fresh longer.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cookie
- Calories: 60 kcal
- Sugar: 1 g
- Sodium: 444 mg
- Fat: 4 g
- Saturated Fat: 2 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 2 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 6 g
- Fiber: 0 g
- Protein: 1 g
- Cholesterol: 10 mg
