Cinnamon Snowball Cookies are buttery cookies laced with cinnamon and coated in powdered sugar. These nut free cookies melt in your mouth and always show up on my holiday cookie tray.
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What are Snowball Cookies?
Snowball cookies are buttery cookies that look like snowballs. These cookies remind me of Christmas because I do not remember ever celebrating the holiday without them. They are always on a cookie tray with other cookies, whether that be one that was made by my mom, sister or myself. While I always have called them snowball cookies, many people refer to them as Mexican Wedding Cookies, Russian Tea Cakes or Butterballs.
The cookies are made up of only 5 ingredients so they are very simple. My version does not include eggs and are nut free cookies so they are quite allergy friendly too as long as you are not looking for a keto or gluten free cookie. Basically the ingredients are salted butter, confectionery (powdered) sugar, vanilla, flour and cinnamon. You may already have everything you need in your pantry!
This cookie recipe is part of a cookie week event where you can win some great baking prizes. I used Adams vanilla extract in this recipe and you can really taste the deep vanilla flavor.
How to store Cinnamon Snowball Cookies
These cinnamon cookies will keep well in an airtight container. I have kept them up to two weeks but I think they taste the best if eaten in 7 days.
Cinnamon Snowball cookies freeze well! Just make sure to wrap these nut free cookies tightly with plastic wrap and/ or in an air tight container. They should not be sprinkled with the powdered sugar until after they are defrosted and ready to serve. These nut free cookies can be frozen up to two m0nths.
Cookie Baking Tips
- When shaping the cookies into balls, make them all uniform in size. This will insure that they bake evenly.
- This recipe makes a smaller batch of only a dozen cookies but feel free to double the recipe if you want more.
- Sprinkle the powered sugar on the cookies when they are slightly warm. This will allow the powdered sugar to stick better.
- The cookies bake until the bottoms are slightly golden brown. Make sure not too overbake them.
- Pour a big glass of milk before serving!
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Cinnamon Snowball Cookies
Ingredients
- ½ cup salted butter, softened
- ½ cup powdered sugar, plus extra for garnish
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- ½ tsp cinnamon
- 1 cup all purpose flour
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line a large baking sheet with parchment paper.
- Beat the butter with a mixer (or by hand) until smooth. Mix in the powdered sugar and beat for about 2 minutes or until light and fluffy. Add the vanilla extract and cinnamon. Mix until well combined, making sure to scrape the sides of the bowl. Gently mix in the flour and stir until just combined.
- Gather the cookie dough in a big ball and put in a covered bowl in the refrigerator for 1 hour.
- Divide the dough into 12 balls (about 1 inch each). Place on pan and bake for about 10 minutes or until bottom edges of the cookies start to turn golden brown.
- Let the cookies cool on a wire rack for 10 minutes then sprinkle or roll the cookies in additional powdered sugar. Sprinkle with extra cinnamon if desired.
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These look so delicious and convenient to make!! Yummmu
Snowball cookies are definitely a must have on a Christmas Cookie Platter. I love that these are allergen friendly.
Love that these are nut free and so easy!
These are one of my favorite holiday cookies. And I can't eat just one!
I love that these are nut-free...perfect for my nut allergic B.O.B. Bob!
Love how easy these are too make It's always nice to have a cookie with just a handful of ingredients.
I love snowball cookies around Christmas. So easy too!
Always looking for a new holiday treat!
They are most definitely a cookie to have at Christmas!
My favorite cookie to make is my mom's recipe for Almond Lace Wafers
Adding cinnamon was delicious! Never had them this way, loved them!
Always on the look out for quick easy cookie recipes you can make in a snap. Also a bonus they are nut free for our nut allergy friends!
I absolutely love chocolate crinkles and just cannot get enough of them. I have to make them in small batches so that I don't eat too many.
I just like old fashioned sugar cookies the most .
My favorites have always been Russian Teacakes. So yummy!
I like to make peanut butter cookies.
Peanut butter cookie with a candy kiss in the middle
My favorite cookie to make is cutout sugar cookies. Fun to decorate with the family.
My favorite Christmas cookie is Spritz.
My favorite cookie to bake are gingerbread cookies!
I love baking gingerbread cookies with my girls
Every year my family and I make Reindeer cookies. A fav for sure!
We love baking cookies during the holidays. Our favorite are sugar cookies with sprinkles!
Gingerbread
My favorite is my Grandma's recipe of a glazed gingerbread. The glaze is so much better than normal frostings.
Snickerdoodles!
Snowball cookies are always popular on my holiday tray. We also love baking big sugar cookies to decorate for Christmas.
My favorite cookies are Jennifer Lindner’s chocolate ginger crinkle cookies from http://leitesculinaria.com .
snickerdoodles
Sugar Cookies that are decorated for Christmas.
My favorite cookie to make is lemon bar cookies, i only make them at Christmas but look forward to them all year long.
Looks delicious my favorite cookie to bake are no bake Oreo truffles I'm boring 😂
Spritz cookies ( with Mom! )
Pecan Crescent Cookies are a big hit here
I like making Old fashioned sugar cookies
I love making oatmeal raisin cookies for the holiday
sugar cookies
gingerbread people
I definitely need some new bakeware in time for the holidays!
sugar cookies are my favorite
I love making chocolate cherry shortbread thumbrint cookies.
Frosted & decorated sugar cookies are my favorite.
Candy Cane Cookies made with almond extract
I always love to make gingerbread men using my grandmother's recipe since it doesn't use molasses.
My favorite cookie is chocolate chip.
I like to make date pinwheel cookies.
sugar cookies
Snowball cookies are one of the must haves for Christmas. I love the addition of cinnamon in these.
I like to bake sugar cookies!
I am not the best cookie maker sio chocolate chip is my standard.
Have bookmarked this recipe and will be making the cookies tomorrow. Such an easy recipe with just a few ingredients that I already have on hand.
My favorite Christmas cookie is a pizzelle.
I like making snickerdoodles.
I love snickerdoodles.
The best cookies are the ones we make for Santa! (and they are usually elaborately decorated as well)
Sugar cookies. Usually in the shape of different Christmas shapes. It's a tradition.
I get powdered sugar everywhere. E.V.E.R.Y.W.H.E.R.E!! I shy away from making these, but not eating them. Might have to give in and make some. And then clean my mess up. LOL
I just made these for the second time, and they were so delicious the first time that I made a triple batch this time. Helpful hint: If you make more than one batch, it's a good idea to break the dough into sections when you chill it. If you don't, and you put it in the fridge as one big hunk, it doesn't chill enough in one hour, so the cookies spread when you bake them and you get the most delicious disks instead of balls. Not that I know from experience, ahem. Lol. They still taste amazing either way, though! Thanks for the great recipe!
Glad you liked them!
Making a mere one dozen cookies is a waste of my -- & I would imagine, anyone's-- time.
If you want more cookies that is not a problem! This recipe can be doubled or tripled. Just wrap the dough in separate balls when refrigerating so it chills enough. Or you could do one bowl but lengthen the chilling time.