Christmas Cookies and Memories
When I think of snowball cookies, I remember visiting my grandmother (we called her Grammy) at Christmas time. She would spend the entire month of December in the kitchen baking. I would sit on a stool and watch as she balled the dough with her age gnarled fingers and tell me stories of what it was like to have 9 kids in one house.
Her Snowball Cookie recipe was the simple and traditional Snowball Cookie recipe. Today, there are many variations. Below you will find traditional Snowball cookies as well as some recipes with surprising twists. Try one this holiday season!
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Contents at a Glance
The Traditional Snowball Cookie
- Old Farmhouse Cooking: Traditional Christmas Snowball Cookies from Irish Rose Creations
- Preparation:
Heat oven to 350 . Mix butter, 1 cup powdered sugar and the vanilla. Stir in flour, nuts and salt until dough holds together. Shape into 1-inch balls. - Snowball Cookies
- Everyone loves cookies! These recipes are easy to make and the results are so yummy! A favorite at Christmas time, pecan-filled cookies are scrumptious all year 'round.
- Snowball Cookies
- Snowball Cookies recipe at Christmas-Cookies.com, featuring tons of traditional and modern Christmas cookie recipes, recommended Christmas cookie cookbooks, and Christmas cookie links
"Surprise" Snowball Cookie Recipes
- Christmas Cookies: Chocolate- Peanut Butter Snowballs | recipegirl.com
- Here's a festive treat similar to the Mexican Wedding Cookie, but with some peanut-buttery chocolate hidden inside: Chocolate-Peanut Butter Snowballs.
- Nestle Crunch Snowball Cookies
- These snowball cookies make any Winter party extra-special. Keep these in mind when your kids need a treat for their next classroom event.
- Cream Cheese Snowball Cookies
- An easy mix-and-bake recipe my grandmother used to make every Christmas! This yummy recipe, containing cream cheese and almond extract, makes moist, flavorful snowballs that are a different twist on your traditional snowball cookie!"
- The Lonely Baker: Lemon Snowball Cookies
- One of my favorite things about the holidays are the snowball cookies my mom makes, they are a tradition that I have reserved only for that time of the year until today.
- Tropical Traditions - Raw Chocolate Coconut Snowball Cookies
- A spin on the normal snowball. It's made with pure ingredients.
Cookie Decorating Sugars and Sprinkles
Holiday Baking Essentials
And the item no self-respecting holiday baker would be without... (Makes a great gift!)
Host a Cookie Swap this Holiday Season
"Holiday cookie swaps, also called cookie exchange parties, are a fun and easy way to enjoy lots of different Christmas cookies with relatively little effort.
You can make your cookie swap as fancy or as relaxed as you like. Some people host contests for the best cookie packaging or the prettiest cookies at the cookie swap. Others just wrap the cookies in plastic wrap and let everyone grab a bunch at the party. It's up to you."
For in depth information about Cookie Swaps, visit: How to Host a Cookie Swap by funcook
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Cookie Exchange Book by Wilton®
Cookie Swap Fun Items for your Guests!
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Christmas Cookies at Flickr
Christmas Dessert Buffet Ideas
Find unique ideas for displaying your cookies and desserts this holiday season.
Snowballs All Winter Long
Tag Holiday Shimmer Trees Snowball Glass Tealight Candle Holder, 3.5-Inches Tall x 4.5-Inches Diameter
Amazon Price: (as of 05/30/2012)
This beautiful glass tea light candle holder looks like a melting snowball. It is sure to impress your holiday guests. Made of textured glass, it is 3.5" tall and 4.5" in diameter. It will add sparkle and elegance to your holiday season -- or make a wonderful gift! By Tag.
Whatever Cookies you make,
may your holiday season be
happy, healthy and safe.
Best Christmas Cookies, Candies and Cakes Recipes
Taste of Home: Cookies: 623 Irresistible Delights
Amazon Price: $5.06 (as of 05/30/2012)
This Taste of Home cookie cookbook offers a colossal 620 irresistible Cookie Recipes! What a fun way to while away the winter days -- in the kitchen testing the recipes for your favorite flavor of cookies!
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miaponzo
Dec 12, 2011 @ 12:43 pm | delete
- OMG!!!!! I am dying to eat these cookies!!!! Blessed!
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TamaraKajari
Dec 7, 2011 @ 3:33 pm | delete
- Would love to try the cookie swap idea since it's not a custom here. In the meantime I'll have to try some of the recipes here:) Thanks! Blessed by a SquidAngel.
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snakesmom
May 3, 2011 @ 7:33 pm | delete
- No way I can wait for Christmas to try this cookie recipe, sounds way too delicious! :)
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mulberry
Jan 18, 2011 @ 5:52 am | delete
- Christmas cookies are always part of the festivities. I've never made snowball cookies...but next year, I probably will ;)
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Margo_Arrowsmith
Jan 8, 2011 @ 12:28 pm | delete
- We ate these, but I don't remember making them. What great memories you have!
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The Dog wants a Snowball Too!
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Since we shouldn't feed "people food" to our pets, give the dog his own snowball chew toy.
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