Filled Almond Snowball Cookies
These Filled Almond Snowball Cookies are deliciously soft and sweet, featuring a tasty raspberry jam center.
Equipment
- mixing bowls
- electric hand mixer
- baking sheets
- parchment paper
Ingredients
- 2 cups All Purpose Flour
- ¾ cup Toasted Ground Almonds See notes above
- Pinch Salt
- 1 cup Unsalted Butter At room temperature
- ½ cup Powdered Sugar
- ½ teaspoon Almond Extract
- ¼ cup Seedless Raspberry Jam
To Finish
- Powdered Sugar
Instructions
- In one bowl, stir together the flour and salt.
- In another bowl, using an electric hand mixer, cream the butter and powdered sugar until light and fluffy.
- Add the almond extract.
- Add the flour to the butter mixture and beat on low speed just until combined.
- Stir in the ground almonds.
- To shape the cookies, take two 1-inch pieces of dough and roll each into balls.
- Using your fingers, create a hollow in each dough ball and using a very small spoon, add a scant half teaspoon of jam.
- Put the two pieces of dough together enclosing the jam.
- Use your fingers to pinch the dough together all around ensuring the jam is covered.
- Gently reshape the cookie into a ball and place on parchment lined baking sheets.
- Continue to use the rest of the dough shaping cookies in this manner.
- Place the baking sheets in the refrigerator for 1 to 2 hours.
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- Bake the cookies until the bottoms just begin to brown, about 11 to 12 minutes.
- Remove the cookies from the oven, and when they are just warm, roll in the powdered sugar.
- Once completely cool, roll the cookies in the sugar once more.
- Store the cookies in an airtight container.
Nutrition
Serving: 1cookieCalories: 150kcalCarbohydrates: 20gProtein: 2gFat: 7gSaturated Fat: 4gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 2gCholesterol: 20mgSodium: 50mgPotassium: 30mgSugar: 5gVitamin A: 200IUCalcium: 10mgIron: 1mg
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