I’m currently in crazy- holiday baking mode. My first batch of cookies last weekend was a disaster. I tried to make a white chocolate- macadamia nut cookie that came out flat as a pancake and weird. Into the trash those went, along with the gazillion dollars I paid for the macadamia nuts. BUMMER. These cookies here were a different story- a great success! They’re a tender, flaky butter cookie dotted with pecans (or almonds) and chocolate chips. The cookie itself is chocolatey too.
Here’s everything you need to make this cookie, which isn’t much- your Gold Medal Flour (my flour of choice), good butter (not store-brand), vanilla, MINI chocolate chips, pecans and cocoa powder. There’s also a little bit of powdered sugar IN the cookie, and then there’s the powdered sugar mixed with red/green sugar that you roll the baked cookie into.
Something fun about this recipe is that it’s an easy one to GIFT the ingredients to friends and family this holiday season. I picked up these cute jars at Walmart. They’re 1.2-liter jars, and all of your chocolate snowball ingredients will fit perfectly inside of them.
Here’s what it looks like if you layer the ingredients in the jar. The powdered sugar for rolling is placed in a plastic baggie and tucked on top before closing the lid.
Then you can include a cute little note like this with your gift. All your recipient will have to do is mix the ingredients in the jar with butter and vanilla, and then they can bake them as directed.
The chocolatey dough is rolled into balls and baked for a solid 20 minutes. When you take them out of the oven, you need to be patient and let them cool COMPLETELY. They are a tender, delicious cookie. Straight out of the oven, they’ll want to crumble apart, so give ’em time to cool!
Once cool, they can be rolled in the powdered sugar mixture. That’s it!
You can serve them right away, store in a covered container, or even freeze them in a covered container until you’re ready to assemble cookie platters for the holidays.
And here’s a little peek at what they look like inside. Happy holiday baking! Disclosure: This post was created in partnership with Gold Medal Flour, a product I’ve used and trusted in my kitchen for many years. All opinions shared are my own.
