Best Lime Snowballs Recipes

LIME SNOWBALLS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F. Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper. Whisk flour and cornstarch in medium bowl to blend. Using electric mixer, beat butter and 1/2 cup powdered sugar in large bowl until light and fluffy. Mix in lime juice, lime peel, and lime oil. Beat in flour mixture until smooth. Refrigerate dough until just firm, about 45 minutes.
• Using scant 1 tablespoon for each, form dough into balls and place on prepared sheets, spacing 1 inch apart.
• Bake cookies until pale golden on top and browned on bottom, about 23 minutes. Transfer baking sheets to racks; immediately sift generous amount of powdered sugar over cookies. Cool cookies completely on baking sheets. (Can be made ahead. Store airtight at room temperature up to 5 days or freeze up to 2 weeks. Dust with more powdered sugar before serving.)
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LIME-GLAZED COCONUT SNOWBALLS

Steps:

• Cookies:.
• In bowl of standing mixer fitted with flat beater, mix flour, lime zest, sugar, and salt on low speed until combined, about 5 seconds. With mixer running on low, add butter 1 piece at a time; continue to mix until mixture looks crumbly and slightly wet, about 1 minute longer. Add vanilla and cream cheese and mix on low until dough just begins to form large clumps, about 30 seconds.
• Use hands to roll dough into 1-inch balls. Place on parchment-lined baking sheets, spacing about 1 1/2 inches apart. Bake one batch at a time in 375-degree oven until lightly browned, about 12 minutes. Cool to room temperature.
• Glaze:.
• Whisk cream cheese and 2 tablespoons lime juice in medium bowl until combined and no lumps remain. Whisk in confectioners' sugar until smooth, adding remaining lime juice as needed until glaze is thin enough to spread easily.
• Dip tops of cookies into glaze and scrape away excess, then dip into coconut. Set cookies on parchment-lined baking sheet; let stand until glaze dries and sets, about 20 minutes.

COCONUT LIME THAI SNOWBALLS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 with racks in the upper and lower thirds.
• Combine butter and sugar and beat until light and fluffy.
• Add lime oil; beat to combine.
• Gently fold in lime zest, salt, flour and coconut. Blend well.
• Lightly flour hands and roll dough into small,about 1-inch, balls and place about 1 1/2" apart on an ungreased baking sheet.
• Bake until puffy (not browned)and bottoms are just golden, about 15 minute.
• Meanwhile, combine coating ingredients in a gallon size plastic bag. While cookies are still warm, toss them in the coating.
• Remove and transfer to wire rack to cool completely.

LIME-GLAZED COCONUT SNOWBALLS

Steps:

• FOR THE COOKIES: In bowl of standing mixer fitted with flat beater, mix flour, lime zest, sugar, and salt on low speed until combined, about 5 seconds. With mixer running on low, add butter 1 piece at a time; continue to mix until mixture looks crumbly and slightly wet, about 1 minute longer. Add vanilla and cream cheese and mix on low until dough just begins to form large clumps, about 30 seconds. Use hands to roll dough into 1-inch balls. Place on parchment-lined baking sheets, spacing about 1 1/2 inches apart. Bake one batch at a time in 375-degree oven until lightly browned, about 12 minutes. Cool to room temperature. FOR THE GLAZE: Whisk cream cheese and 2 tablespoons lime juice in medium bowl until combined and no lumps remain. Whisk in confectioners' sugar until smooth, adding remaining lime juice as needed until glaze is thin enough to spread easily. Dip tops of cookies into glaze and scrape away excess, then dip into coconut. Set cookies on parchment-lined baking sheet; let stand until glaze dries and sets, about 20 minutes

PISTACHIO LIME SNOWBALLS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325°F.
• In a large bowl, beat butter with a mixer for 30 seconds. Add the powdered sugar beating until is it combined. Mix in the flour until fully incorporated. Stir in the nuts and lime zest.
• Shape dough into 1-inch balls. Roll each ball in green colored sugar and place about 2 inches apart on ungreased cookie sheets.
• Bake for 15 minutes, until the bottoms are lightly browned. Cool the cookies for 5 minutes on the cookie sheets. Remove warm cookies and roll in additional powdered sugar to coat. Place cookies on wire racks to cool completely.
• Cookies can be frozen for up to three months in an airtight container.

LIME SNOWBALLS

Steps:

• 1. Heat oven to 375 degrees. In medium bowl, beat butter, 1/2 cup powdered sugar and lime juice with electric mixer on medium speed until smooth. Beat in flour, salt, pecans and 2 t. lime peel.
• 2. Shape dough into 1-inch balls. Place 1-inch apart on ungreased cookie sheets. Bake 8-10 minutes, or until cookies begin to brown. Meanwhile in a small bowl. Stir 1 cup powdered sugar and 1 t. lime peel with fork. Roll warm cookies into sugar mixture. Place on wire rack. Roll in sugar again. Makes about 4 dozen.

KEY LIME COCONUT SNOWBALLS RECIPE - (3.8/5)

Steps:

• Combine crumbs, sweetened condensed milk, rind, juice, and vanilla in a medium bowl. Add 2/3 cup coconut, and beat with a mixer at medium speed for 1 minute or until no longer grainy. Add sugar, 1/4 cup at a time, beating until well combined. Cover and chill 20 minutes. Shape crumb mixture into 24 balls, about 1 teaspoon each. Place remaining 1/3 cup coconut in a shallow bowl; roll balls in coconut. Note: Refrigerate balls in an airtight container for up to one day.