Hey everyone, its Natasha of Natashaskitchen.com. Today we're baking almonds
snowball cookies that just melt in your mouth.
You'll make these again and again. Preheat your oven to 400˚F,
then in a large mixing bowl combine two sticks or half a pound of
softened unsalted butter with half a cup of powdered sugar and a teaspoon of
vanilla extract. Beat that together until it's creamy and smooth.
Gradually add two cups of all-purpose flour, beating between each addition,
then add half a teaspoon of sea salt and one cup of almond meal. Mix just until
your cookie dough forms then add the zest from one whole medium orange. The
orange zest really takes these up a notch. It adds incredible flavor and
makes these smells so festive. Also, when you're zesting, make sure you
only get the orange colored outer layer of the peel. Fold your cookie batter
until that zest is fully incorporated. The cookie dough will be moist but
shouldn't stick to your fingertips. I'm using a large 3/4 baking sheet, lined
with parchment paper and a small cookie scoop. This scoop makes the dough so easy
to portion and the cookies are all exactly the same size so they'll bake up
evenly. Once you have 35 to 40 cookies, roll them between your hands gently into
a ball. Keep the cookies about an inch apart and bake at 400˚F
for 11 to 13 minutes or until they're just lightly golden at the edges.
Transfer them to a wire rack and let them cool for about 5 minutes.
Fill a small bowl with powdered sugar and roll each cookie in the sugar while its
still warm, not hot, just warm. Then transfer them back onto the wire rack
and let them cool completely to room temperature. Once they're cool to the
touch, roll them one more time in powdered
sugar and that's all there is to it. All right, I better get this taste test going
because my little girl keeps blazing through the kitchen and every time she
comes out, she's got powdered sugar all over it she's probably eaten a few too
many of these already. They're so good, kids love them. All right,
here we go - the taste test.
Wow! These completely melt in your mouth they're buttery, soft, crumbly. These are
delicious you can really taste the almond in there and the little bits of
orange zest take these over the top. These are so good,
totally easy to make, perfect for your Christmas cookie platters. I mean look at
this, it's just irresistible, beautiful; who
wouldn't want that for Christmas. I personally love edible gifts so if you
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