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Black cocoa snowball cookies

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I got a new container of black cocoa today and wanted to put some of it to use, so I made some black cocoa snowballs with mini chocolate chips.  Always good to heat up the oven on a very chilly day!

You can also use regular unsweetened baking cocoa or special dark cocoa if you want.

Remember to scoop your flour and cocoa from their containers into your measuring cups so you get the right amount.  Also, make sure your oven is preheated before baking.

  • Ingredients list
  • 1 cup butter, softened
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 2 cups flour (scooped from your flour bag into your measuring cup)
  • 1/4 cup black cocoa
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1 tbs water
  • 1 cup mini chocolate chips

In a bowl, cream butter and sugar.  Add vanilla.  Blend in dry ingredients (this may take a while.  Dough will be crumbly).  Add water.  Fold in chocolate chips.  Scoop out 2 tbs of dough.  Chill.  Preheat oven to 350 degrees.  Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper or nonstick baking liners.   Stagger doughs on sheet, like this.

Bake at 350 degrees for 10 to 12 minutes.  Sprinkle hot cookies with powdered sugar.  the powdered sugar melts into the cookie and makes them even sweeter!

Cool completely.   Sprinkle with more powdered sugar.  Store in covered container.

Football friday # 16 – Fudge stuffed snowball cookies

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I made some fudge last night and thought I would use some of it to stuff in  snowball cookies (still plenty of fudge left over. ).  The cookies spread a little more than I prefer, but I was in a bit of a hurry and didn’t have time to chill or freeze the dough. 🙂

Remember to scoop your flour from your flour bag into your measuring cup so you get the right amount.  I recommend freezing or chilling the dough in the fridge for a few hours to try to keep the cookies puffy.

  • Ingredients
  • 1 cup butter, softened
  • 1/2 cup shortening
  • 4 tbs sugar
  • 6 tbs powdered sugar
  • 3 cups flour
  • 1 cup mini chocolate chips
  • Fudge, cut into small cubes
  • Directions – in a bowl, cream butter, shortening, sugar and powdered sugar.  Blend in flour.  Scoop out 2 tbs dough and divide in half.  Flatten each half.  Put a cube of fudge in between 2 halves and seal cookie.  Chill or freeze a few hours.  Preheat oven to 325 degrees.  Line a cookie sheet with nonstick baking liners or parchment paper.  Stagger cookies on sheet.  Bake 12 to 14 minutes, no longer.  Cool completely.  I popped mine in the fridge to firm them up.  Store in covered container.

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Crushed Oreo Snowball cookies with mini chocolate chips

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I had (and still have) a large container of oreos and wanted to use some up, so I crushed up some and popped them in a snowball cookie recipe.  They came out pretty good.  These are super easy to make. 

Remember to scoop your flour and powdered sugar from their respective containers into your measuring cup so you get the right amount.  Also, preheat the oven to 375 degrees before baking cookies.

  • Ingredients list
  • 1 cup butter, softened
  • 1/2 cup crisco
  • 3 tsp vanilla
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 3/4 cup powdered sugar
  • 3 cups flour
  • 1 tbs water
  • 1 1/2 to 2 cups finely crushed oreos
  • 1 to 2 cups mini chocolate chips

Directions – in a bowl, cream butter and crisco.  Add vanilla and salt.  Mix in powdered sugar.  Blend in flour then Oreos.  Fold in chips.  Scoop put 1 1/3 tbs dough.   Chill a few hours.  Preheat ovent to 375 degrees.  Bake 9 to 10 minutes (no longer).  Sprinkle hot cookies with powdered sugar or top with melted milk chocolate.  Store in covered container.

Thanks so much for stopping by today!  Wishing you a day of love and peace and joy!

Brownie stuffed snowball cookies

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I made a large pan of brownies, Rob had one (per usual 😀), so I needed not one, but two kinds of cookie doughs to stuff them in.  These are snowballs – similar to Italian/Mexican wedding cakes or Russian tea cakes.  Very soft cookies because powdered sugar is used instead of granulated sugar.  

A couple of notes : Scoop your flour and powdered sugar into the measuring cup so you get the right amount.   I also chilled my dough overnight to prevent spreading.  Preheat your oven for 20 minutes before baking so it cycles to the right temp.  Do not bake cookies longer than 12 minutes, or else the bottoms will burn.

  • Ingredients list
  • Batch of brownies, cut into 2 inch squares
  • 1 cup butter, softened
  • 1 tbs butter
  • 1/2 cup powdered sugar
  • 2 1/4 cups flour
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • 1 cup mini chocolate chips

Directions – in a bowl, cream butter and  vanilla.  Blend in powdered sugar.  Mix  in flour and salt.  Fold in chips.  Scoop out 2 tbs dough and divide in half.  slightly flatten each half.  Place brownie piece between the halves and seal edges.   Chill a few hours or overnight.  Preheat oven to 375 degrees for 20 minutes.  Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper.  Stagger cookies on sheet.  Bake 10 to 12 minutes (no longer).  Dust warm cookies with powdered sugar.  Cool completely.   Store in covered container.

Thanks so much for stopping by today! 

Mini chip snowball cookies

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These cookies are a huge hit. Messy, because of the powdered sugar, but a hit nonetheless. They are similar to a Mexican wedding cake/Italian wedding cookie/Russian tea cakes. I do not use walnuts, but do use mini chocolate chips. Regular size chocolate chips would not work. They would be too big.

Remember to scoop your powdered sugar, as well as your flour, from your bag into your measuring cup so you get the correct amount. Also, preheat your oven to 375 degrees for 20 minutes before baking. I baked mine for 10 to 12 minutes, no longer. You don’t want them to overbake and dry out.

  • Ingredients list
  • 1 1/2 cups butter, softened
  • 3/4 cup powdered sugar (scooped from your powdered sugar bag into your measuring cup)
  • 1 tbs vanilla
  • 3 cups flour (scooped from your flour bag into your measuring cup)
  • 1 cup mini chocolate chips

Directions- preheat oven to 375 degrees. Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper. In a bowl, cream butter and powdered sugar. Add vanilla. Fold in flour, one cup at a time. Mix in chips. Scoop out 1 1/3 tbs dough (I used a cookie scoop). Stagger on prepared sheet. Bake 10 to 12 minutes. Sprinkle warm cookies with powdered sugar. Cool completely. Sprinkle with more powdered sugar. Store in covered container.

Easy chocolate snowball cookies

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Chocolate snowball cookies

These are simple and will satisfy any sweet tooth. They use a sugar cookie mix (17.5 oz), flour, baking cocoa, an egg and butter. I stuffed some with hershey kisses.

  • Ingredients
  • 1 sugar cookie mix (17.5 oz)
  • 1/4 cup flour
  • 1/4 cup baking cocoa
  • 1/2 cup butter, melted
  • 1 egg
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 1/2 cup mini chocolate chips
  • Hershey kisses, if you want stuffed cookies
Cookie monster at it again!

Directions – preheat oven to 375 degrees for 20 minutes. Line a cookie sheet with nonstick baking liners or parchment paper. In a bowl, combine cookie mix, butter, egg, flour, baking cocoa and vanilla. Mix in chips. Scoop out 1 to 2 tbs cookie dough and roll into a ball. You can leave them plain or stuff them with kisses. Place on prepared sheet. Bake 10 minutes (no longer). Immediately after removing from oven, Sprinkle with powdered sugar. Cool completely. Sprinkle with more powdered sugar. Store in covered container.

Thank you for stopping by today! Wishing you a wonderful day, filled with love, peace and joy.

Chocolate snowball cookies

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Chocolate snowball cookies

Victory cookie number two for my Bills – chocolate snowball cookies. An easy cookie to make and everyone will love them!

Cookie monster at it again!

Remember to scoop your flour, baking cocoa and powdered sugar from your respective containers into your measuring cups. If you pour directly into your measuring cups, the flour, cocoa and powdered sugar get packed in and you wind up with too much.. Which may make for a dry cookie. A grave sin, if there ever was one. Also preheat your oven to 350 degrees for 20 minutes so it cycles to the right temp for baking.

A stack of chocolate snowballs
  • 1 cup butter, softened
  • 1 /2 cup powdered sugar
  • 1/4 cup baking cocoa
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 2 cups flour
  • 1 cup mini chocolate chips

Directions – cream butter and powdered sugar. Blend in baking cocoa and vanilla. Fold in flour. Mix in chips. Scoop out 2 tbs of dough. Roll into balls, flatten slightly. Line a cookie sheet with nonstick baking liners or parchment paper. These don’t spread,so you can place rows of 3 on each prepared sheet. I got 9 or 12 on each, depending on the size of cookie sheet used. Sprinkle hot cookies with powdered sugar. Cool completely. Sprinkle with more powdered sugar. Store in covered container.

Thanks so much for stopping by. Remember to be kind. Life has been pretty hard for so many the last year and a half. The kindness you show someone may be what they need on that day.

Snowball cookies

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Snowball cookies

Sunday’s win was a big one for my beloved Buffalo Bills, so I thought that called for two kinds of victory cookies! These are snowballs cookies. A very soft cookie, not overly sweet, with mini chocolate chips. These are a little bigger than a typical snowball cookie. I use 2 tbs dough.

That cookie monster!

Remember to scoop your flour and powdered sugar from into your measuring cups, as opposed to pouring then directly in. When you pour, the flour and powdered sugar are packed in and you end up with too much, making for a dry cookie. Also, preheat your oven to 375 degrees before baking So your oven cycles to the right temp.

A pile of snowballs!
  • Ingredients
  • 1 cup butter, softened
  • 1/2 cup powdered sugar
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 2 1/4 cups flour
  • 1 cup mini chocolate chips
  • Extra powdered sugar
Sweet snowballs

Cream butter and powdered sugar. Add vanilla. Blend in flour. Mix in chips. Scoop out 2 tbs dough and roll into a ball. Slightly flatten. Line a cookie sheet with nonstick baking liners. These do not spread, so you can place 3 across and fit in as many as you’d like on a wheet ( I fit 9 or 12 on a sheet, depending on the size of the cookie sheet). Bake 12 minutes. Sprinkle hot cookies with powdered sugar. Cool completley. Sprinkle with more powdered sugar. Store in covered container.

Thanks so much for stopping by today. Let me know how these turn out if you make them. Remember to be kind. We all need some kindness each day. This has been a difficult year and a half with the pandemic. Some days are harder than others. The kindness you show someone may be just what they need that day.

Snowball cookies with mini chocolate chips

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The only thing mini about these cookies is the chips!

These are a variation of a recipe I saw in one of my Nestle cookbooks that one of my grandmothers gave to me when I was in college. It is also the treat that Rob requested. I used a mix of Crisco and butter, but you can use all butter if you want. It is a very easy dough to make and the cookies will be a big hit! I made mine on the larger side,with 2 tbs of dough. You can use 2 tsp and you will bake more of them, obviously. They also take less time to cook.

Remember to scoop your powdered sugar and flour from your respective containers into measuring cups so you get the correct amount. Also, preheat your oven to 375 degrees for 20 minutes before baking so it cycles to the right temp.

  • Ingredients
  • 1/2 cup butter, softened
  • 1/2 cup Crisco
  • 1/2 cup powdered sugar
  • 1 tbs vanilla
  • 2 1/4 cups flour
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • 1-2 tbs water
  • 1 cup mini chocolate chips
That cookie monster, at it again!

Directions – preheat oven to 375 degrees for 20 minutes before baking. Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper or nonstick baking liners. In a bowl, cream butter, Crisco and powdered sugar. Add vanilla. Blend in flour and salt. Mix in water. You may have to use your mixer for a while. It takes the dough some time to come together. Add chips. Scoop out 2 tbs dough, roll into a ball and slightly flatten. Place on prepared cookie sheet. Sprinkle with powdered sugar. Bake 10 to 12 minutes (bottoms will be lightly golden). Sprinkle warm cookies with powdered sugar. Cool completely. Store in covered container.

Happiness is a warm cookie

Thanks so much for stopping by today! If you try these cookies, let me know how you like them. I wish you a wonderful day, filled with peace, love and joy. #bekind