Holiday Snowball Cookies

By Texaschef11

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cups butter, room temperature
• 3/4 cup confectioners’ sugar
• 2 tsp vanilla extract
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 3 cups all purpose flour
• 1/2 cup finely ground walnuts (or pecans)
• 10-oz (1 2/3 cups) white chocolate chips
• 3 tbsp red and green sprinkles
• extra confectioners’ sugar, for dusting

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat oven to 375F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
In a large bowl, beat together butter, sugar, vanilla and salt until smooth and creamy. Gradually incorporate the flour and ground walnuts, mixing until no streaks of dry ingredients remain. Add in white chocolate chips and red and green sprinkles and mix until well-distributed.
Shape dough into 1-inch balls and place on prepared baking sheet.
Bake for 10-12 minutes, until the edges of the cookies are very lightly browned.
Dust with additional confectioners’ sugar while cookies are still hot, if desired.
Cool completely on a wire rack before storing.

Makes 3 1/2-4 dozen