Description
Sugar dusted lemon cookies that melt in your mouth! These snowball cookies are super easy to make with just a handful of ingredients that you likely already have on hand.
Ingredients
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- 2 1/4 cup all purpose flour
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 cup butter, softened
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 1 tsp lemon extract
- 2 tbsp lemon zest
- 1/2 cup powdered sugar (plus more for rolling)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350ºF. Line baking sheet with parchment paper.
- In a medium bowl, add flour and salt and stir together.
- Using an electric mixer with the paddle attachment, cream butter, sugar, vanilla and lemon extract together.
- Add flour mixture in a little at a time on low speed, waiting until the dough is completely mixed. Lastly, mix in lemon zest.
- Scoop spoonful of dough and roll out 1-inch dough balls. Place on a sheet pan lined with parchment paper. We recommend rolling out all dough balls and placing on parchment lined cooking sheet to chill in freezer for at least 10 minutes before baking. They will hold their shape better if chilled.
- Line parchment lined cookie sheet, making sure there is about 1-2 inches between each dough ball.
- Cook for 9-11 minutes. Pour 1/2 cup powdered sugar in a medium bowl for rolling the cookies.
- Place baked cookies on cooling rack for 5 minutes and roll in powdered sugar. Place them back on the cooling rack. Repeat steps 7-8 for the rest of the dough. Enjoy!