These aren’t your Grandma’s Snowball Cookies! Normal Snowball Cookies use nuts (pecans or walnuts) but these fun cookies are nut-free. The mini M&Ms take the place of the nuts and they are even better (in my opinion). These Snowball Cookies are the perfect classic cookie for Christmas cookie exchanges or just for fun gifts for your foodie friends.
What is a snowball cookie?
These little bite-sized cookies are a buttery shortbread-like cookie. They only have a few ingredients so they mix up easy and make a ton. Once they’re rolled in powdered sugar they look like little snowballs!
Want more Christmas Cookie Ideas?
Try some of our favorite Cookie recipes:
- Chocolate Sprinkle Thumbprint Cookies.
- Red Velvet White Chocolate Chip Cake Mix Cookies
- Homemade Peanut Butter Cookies
- Snowflake Sprinkle Cookies
- Red Velvet Chocolate Chip Cookies
This recipe makes 32 cookies
Ingredients needed:
- 1 cup unsalted butter, room temperature
- 1/2 cup powdered sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 2 1/4 cups all purpose flour
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup mini M&Ms red and green
- Additional powdered sugar for rolling
Instructions for the Perfect Snowball Cookies!
Preheat the oven to 350°.
Line two cookie sheets with parchment paper.
In a stand mixer add the butter, 1/2 cup powdered sugar, and vanilla.
Mix on medium speed, until fluffy.
Carefully add flour mixture 1 cup at a time, until all flour is in the mixture.
Mix until the dough comes together.
Add in the M&Ms mix until combined.
Using a small ice cream scoop, scoop balls of dough and place on a prepared cookie sheet.
Bake cookies for 8-10 minutes.
The bottoms should be slightly brown.
Remove from the oven and cool for just 5-10 minutes.
In a small bowl add your powdered sugar, then roll each cookie in the sugar until coated.
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Christmas Snowball M&M Cookies
Everyone will love these classic Christmas Cookies with M&Ms inside.
Ingredients
- 1 cup unsalted butter, room temp
- 1/2 cup powdered sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 2 1/4 cups all purpose flour
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup mini M&Ms red, and green
- Additional powdered sugar for rolling
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350°.
- Line two cookie sheets with parchment paper.
- In a stand mixer add the butter, 1/2 cup powdered sugar, and vanilla.
- Mix on medium speed, until fluffy.
- Carefully add flour mixture 1 cup at a time, until all flour is in the mixture.
- Mix until the dough comes together.
- Add in the M&Ms mix until combined.
- Using a small ice cream scoop, scoop balls of dough and place on a prepared cookie sheet.
- Bake cookies for 8-10 minutes. The bottoms should be slightly brown.
- Remove from the oven and cool for just 5-10 minutes.
- In a small bowl add your powdered sugar, then roll each cookie in the sugar until coated.
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