Best Eggnog Snowballs Recipes

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Provided by Food Network Kitchen

Time 3h

Yield About 36 snowballs

Number Of Ingredients 9

3/4 cup walnuts
1/4 cup dark rum
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
1 3/4 teaspoons freshly grated nutmeg
1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
2 sticks unsalted butter, at room temperature
1 large egg yolk
1 1/2 cups confectioners' sugar

Steps:

Position racks in the upper and lower thirds of the oven; preheat to 350 degrees F. Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper. Spread the walnuts on another baking sheet and bake until toasted, about 10 minutes. Let cool, then pulse the nuts in a food processor until finely ground. Transfer to a small bowl and add the rum and vanilla; let soak at least 30 minutes.
Whisk the flour, 1 teaspoon nutmeg and the salt in a medium bowl. Beat the butter, egg yolk and 1/2 cup confectioners' sugar in a large bowl with a mixer on medium-high speed until creamy, about 3 minutes. Beat in the walnut-rum mixture until fluffy, about 1 minute. Reduce the mixer speed to low and beat in the flour mixture, then increase the speed to medium high and beat until combined. Turn out the dough onto a large sheet of plastic wrap and pat into a disk; wrap and refrigerate until firm, about 1 hour.
Roll tablespoonfuls of dough into 1-inch balls and arrange 1 inch apart on the prepared pans. Bake until light golden, 20 to 25 minutes. Let cool 5 minutes on the pans.
Put the remaining 1 cup confectioners' sugar and 3/4 teaspoon nutmeg in a medium bowl. Gently roll the warm cookies in the confectioners' sugar mixture. Transfer to a rack to cool completely; the cookies will firm up as they cool. Once cool, reroll in the confectioners' sugar mixture.

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Provided by Joanne Sarver

Categories Cookies

Time 40m

Number Of Ingredients 7

Steps:

1. Mix together flour, cornstarch and salt in a medium bowl and set aside. Cream together butter and 1/4 cup powdered sugar. Beat in the eggnog. Add flour mixture gradually until well blended. Cover and refrigerate for an hour, or until the dough is firm.
2. Preheat oven to 350 degrees and line 2 cookie sheets with parchment paper. Roll dough into 1-inch balls and place on baking sheet 1-inch apart. Bake 12-14 minutes, than roll in powdered sugar. Makes about 3 dozen cookies.