Snow Balls in a Jar

15 Reviews

“A favorite recipe at Christmas that can become someone's favorite gift. Share it with the ones you love.” - by Paula

Ingredients

1/2 cup confectioners' sugar
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 cup chopped pecans

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Original recipe yields 4 dozen

Directions

In a medium bowl, combine the confectioners' sugar and flour. Place into a 1 quart canning jar. Put the chopped pecans on top. Close the lid and attach a tag with the following instructions:
Snow Balls, Makes 4 dozen. Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Grease cookie sheets. In a medium bowl, cream together 3/4 cup of shortening and 1/4 cup of margarine. Stir in 2 teaspoons of vanilla. Add the entire contents of the jar, and mix well. Roll dough into 1 inch balls and place them on the prepared cookie sheet. Bake for 20 to 25 minutes, until lightly browned. Cool, and roll in confectioners' sugar.

Nutrition

Amount Per Serving (24 total)

Calories
79 cal
4%

Fat
3.4 g
5%

Carbs
11.1 g
4%

Based on a 2,000 calorie diet

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Reviews (15)

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URSULA OUSTALET

Dec. 10, 2003

"The "snowballs" are delicious! Very easy to package and make! I added white chocolate chips and coconut and put them in snowflake covered bags calling them "snowballs in a bag"...they were a big hit t..." See moreo all who recieved them and then again when they were baked and eaten!"

AVOCET

Dec. 10, 2003

"Did this for a church bake & craft sale. Decorated the jar, put it on a tray and surrounded it with baked cookies. The cookies were sort of dry and bland with all of the shortening, so for the secon..." See mored batch I used 1/2 cup of butter, 1/4 cup shortening and 1/4 cup margarine. I also added 1/4 tsp. of salt. Tips: 1) The powered sugar sticks better if you let cookies cool slightly then roll; let them completely cool and roll again. Can also add sugar sprinkles to the powered sugar for some color. 2) Mix did not completely fill the quart jar, so I put some powered sugar with colored sprinkles in a baggie, tied it with a ribbon and set it on top of mix."

rainydaze

Sep. 20, 2006

"I couldn't stand the thought of using all that shortening(yuck)so I used butter and it was much like my shortbread recipe. They do need to be rolled in sugar while slightly warm, sugar sticks better. ..." See moreoverall very good."

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