Cream Cheese Snowball Cookies
Ingredients
- 1 cup confectioners' sugar
- ½ cup finely-chopped walnuts (Optional)
- ½ cup vegetable shortening (such as Crisco®)
- ½ cup butter, softened
- ½ cup cream cheese, softened
- ½ cup white sugar
- ½ teaspoon almond extract
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 ½ cups all-purpose flour
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Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Sift the confectioners' sugar into a shallow bowl, stir in the walnuts, and set aside.
- Beat the shortening, butter, cream cheese, and sugar together in a bowl until the mixture is creamy and thoroughly blended. Mix in the almond extract, vanilla extract, and flour; stir to combine. Scoop up dough by rounded tablespoons, and roll into balls about 1 inch in diameter. Place the balls about 1 1/2 inches apart on ungreased baking sheets.
- Bake in the preheated oven until the cookies turn slightly golden at the edges, about 6 minutes. Let the cookies cool on the baking sheets for about 1 minute, then roll in the confectioners' sugar-walnut mixture while still a little warm.
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