Healthy Snowball Cookies
Healthy Snowball Cookies are a nutrient dense version of the classic holiday cookies we know and love! Subtly sweet, soft, and buttery cookies that melt in your mouth are the perfect bite-sized cookie!
Servings: 22 cookies
Calories: 109kcal
Ingredients
- 1/3 cup butter softened
- 2/3 cup icing sugar or powdered erythritol + 2 tbsp more for coating
- 1 tsp pure vanilla extract
- 2 cups almond flour
- 1 tbsp warm water or milk
- 3/4 cup walnuts finely chopped
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 325 degrees F and line large baking sheet with unbleached parchment paper or silicone baking mat.
- In a large bowl, add softened butter and icing sugar. Beat with an electric mixer until smooth and combined. Add vanilla extract and beat just until incorporated.
- Add almond flour; mix with spatula and finish mixing by hand, until cohesive dough forms. You might need to add 1 tbsp warm water or milk to help the dough bind.
- Add walnuts and stir until combined.
- Scoop 1 tbsp of dough, roll into a ball, place on previously prepared baking sheet, leaving about 1 inch in between (cookies do not spread). Repeat with remaining dough.
- Bake for 12 minutes (before cookies start browning), remove from the oven and cool cookies only for 5 minutes.
- In a small bowl, add 2 tbsp icing sugar or erythritol and while snowball cookies are still warm, roll each one in an icing sugar.
- As they are rolled, place on the cooling rack to cool off more.
Notes
- Store: In a cookie jar for up to 5 days. You can add a slice of bread to help absorb moisture from the air. If you find your cookies start to dry out, place them in an airtight container.
- Freeze: In an airtight container for up to 3 months. Thaw on the counter for a few hours.
- Coconut oil: I have not tried using it to make snowball cookies but in my experience, it results in more crunchy cookies.
- Any other flour: Gluten free flours are very finicky, all flours are. I have not tested this recipe with any other flour and do not recommend to do so. Almond flour is very unique and can't be easily replaced.
- Nuts: You can also use finely chopped pecans or almonds.
Nutrition
Serving: 1cookie | Calories: 109kcal | Carbohydrates: 3g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 10g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 7mg | Sodium: 25mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 1g