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Chocolate-Nut Snowball Cookies
Recipes
Chocolate-Nut Snowball Cookies
30 servings
about 1 hour total (Active 15 minutes)

Ingredients

... For the gift jar
  • 1 cup chopped pecans, finely chopped
  • 1 ¾ cups flour
  • ¼ cup cocoa powder
  • ¼ cup powdered sugar
  • 1 cup mini chocolate morsels
  • 1 quart mason jar with lid
... For the cookie coating
  • ½ cup powdered sugar
  • 1 tablespoon red sanding sugar (optional)
  • 1 tablespoon green sanding sugar (optional)
  • Small zip-top bag
...For cooking
  • 1 cup unsalted butter, softened
  • Cooking spray
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Steps

  1. ... To assemble gift jar
    1. Chop pecans. Layer ingredients in this order in jar: flour, cocoa, sugar, chocolate morsels, and pecans. Place lid tightly on jar. Combine powdered sugar and sanding sugar (if desired), in zip-top bag. Attach bag to jar and give as gift with cooking instructions.
    ... Cooking instructions
  3. Set 1 cup butter out to soften. Preheat oven to 325°F. Coat two baking sheets with spray. Place butter in large bowl, then beat with electric mixer until fluffy. Beat in 1 teaspoon vanilla extract.
  4. Gently stir (or fold) in contents of jar (except sugar bag) until dough is formed. Roll dough into 1-inch balls and place on prepared baking sheets. Bake 20 minutes; remove from oven and allow cookies to cool completely on baking sheet.
  5. Pour contents of zip-top bag into medium bowl. Roll cookies in sugar mixture; serve. (Makes about 30 cookies.)

Amount per 1⁄30 recipe serving: Calories 160, Total Fat 11g, Sat Fat 6g, Trans Fat 0g, Chol 15mg, Sodium 0mg, Total Carb 14g, Fiber 1g, Sugars 7g, Protein 2g, Calc 0%, Vitamin A 4%, Vitamin C 0%, Iron 2%