Best 6 Lemon Snowball Cookies Recipes

LEMON SNOWBALLS COOKIE

Steps:

• In a bowl, cream butter, sugar and egg until well blended. Add lemon juice and zest. Combine flour, baking soda, cream of tartar and salt; stir into creamed mixture. Add almonds. Cover and refrigerate the dough for at least 1 hour or overnight. , Roll into 1-in. balls. Place on ungreased baking sheet. Bake at 350° for 10-12 minutes or until bottoms are lightly browned (cookies will not brown on top). , Remove immediately to wire racks; cool for 5 minutes, then roll in confectioners' sugar.

LEMON SNOWBALLS

Steps:

• Heat oven to 400°F. Crush lemon drops in food processor or blender. In large bowl, beat butter, 1/2 cup powdered sugar, the lemon peel and lemon extract with electric mixer on medium speed, or mix with spoon. Stir in flour, 1/4 cup of the crushed lemon drops and the salt.
• Shape dough into 1-inch balls. Place about 2 inches apart on ungreased cookie sheet.
• Bake cookies 8 to 9 minutes or until set but not brown. Immediately remove from cookie sheet; roll in powdered sugar. Cool 10 minutes; roll in remaining crushed lemon drops. Cool completely on wire rack, about 30 minutes. Reroll in crushed lemon drops if desired.

LEMON SNOWBALL COOKIES

Steps:

• In a large mixing bowl beat shortening, ginger, vanilla, crushed loose tea leaves, and lemon peel on medium speed until fluffy. Add brown sugar; beat until well combined. Beat in the ground ginger, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Beat in eggs. Beat in as much of the flour as you can; stir in remaining flour by hand. Refrigerate dough 1 hour or until easy to handle.
• Heat oven to 350*F.
• Shape dough into 1" balls. roll in granulated sugar and place on two ungreased baking sheets.
• Bake 10 minutes or until lightly browned. Cool 2 minutes on baking sheets. Move to wire racks to cool completely. Dip in Powdered Sugar Glaze and toppings; let stand on waxed paper to dry.
• Powdered Sugar Glaze:.
• In a bowl stir 1 cup powdered sugar and about 4 teaspoons water to reach drizzling consistency.
• Chocolate Variation:.
• Prepare as directed, adding 1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder with the brown sugar, and reducing the flour to 2 1/3 cups. Bake 10 minutes or until edges are set. Dust with powdered sugar.

LEMON SNOWBALL

Steps:

• Sprinkle gelatin over cold water. Let stand 5 minutes. Add boiling water; stir until gelatin is dissolved. Add next five ingredients; mix well. Refrigerate, stirring occasionally, until mixture begins to thicken, about 25 minutes., In another bowl, beat 2 cups cream until stiff peaks form; fold into lemon mixture. Line a 12-cup bowl with plastic wrap. Layer with 1 cup each lemon filling and cake cubes. Repeat layers five times; top with remaining filling. Refrigerate, covered, 6 hours or up to 2 days., To serve, invert bowl onto a large serving platter. Remove plastic wrap. Beat confectioners' sugar and remaining cream until stiff peaks form; spread over cake. Sprinkle with coconut.

LEMON SNOWBALL COOKIES

Steps:

• Set oven to 350°.
• In a mixing bowl; cream butter, sugar and egg until blended.
• Add lemon juice and zest.
• Combine flour, baking soda, cream of tartar and salt; stir into creamed mixture; add in the almonds.
• Cover, and refrigerate the dough for 2 hours or overnight.
• Roll into 1-inch balls.
• Place on ungreased baking sheets.
• Bake for 10-12 minutes, or until bottoms are lightly browned (the cookies will not brown on top).
• Remove immediately to wire racks; cool 5 minutes, then roll in icing sugar.

LUSCIOUS LEMON SNOWBALLS

Steps:

• Combine sugar and lemon zest in a food processor and pulse several times to bruise lemon zest. Transfer 1/2 cup sugar mixture to a bowl.
• Beat butter and cream cheese in a mixing bowl until creamy and well-combined; mix in remaining lemon-sugar mixture, egg, lemon juice, and vanilla extract. Use an electric mixer to beat baking powder and salt into moist ingredients; gradually beat flour into mixture to make a dough. Freeze dough for 1 hour.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a baking sheet.
• Shape dough into 1-inch balls and roll in reserved 1/2 cup lemon sugar. Place 2 inches apart on prepared baking sheet. Press cookies down slightly to flatten and sprinkle each cookie with about 1/8 teaspoon of the remaining lemon sugar.
• Bake in the preheated oven until cookies are firm on bottoms, 10 to 12 minutes.