Description
If you’re looking for the ultimate soft cookie with a buttery, delicate crumble, these Melt-In-Your-Mouth Cream Cheese Snowball Cookies are for you. They’re an easy recipe with minimal ingredients, perfect for quick baking, holiday cookie trays, or cozy dessert ideas. With a velvety cream cheese base, finely chopped pecans, and a generous dusting of powdered sugar, these cookies are the very definition of irresistible.
Ingredients
1 cup unsalted butter, softened
4 oz cream cheese, softened
1 cup powdered sugar (plus extra for rolling)
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
1/4 teaspoon salt
3/4 cup finely chopped pecans
Instructions
1. In a large mixing bowl, beat butter and cream cheese until light and fluffy.
2. Add powdered sugar and vanilla extract. Beat until fully combined.
3. Gradually add flour and salt. Mix until just combined.
4. Fold in chopped pecans using a spatula.
5. Cover and chill dough in the refrigerator for 30–45 minutes.
6. Preheat oven to 350°F (175°C). Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
7. Scoop 1-inch dough balls and place on baking sheet spaced 1 inch apart.
8. Bake for 14–16 minutes or until bottoms are lightly golden.
9. Remove and let cool for 5 minutes.
10. While still warm, roll cookies in powdered sugar.
11. Let cool completely and roll again in powdered sugar before serving.
Notes
Chilling the dough helps prevent spreading and ensures a perfect round snowball shape.
Double rolling in powdered sugar is key: once while warm for stickiness, once when cool for that snowy finish.
Toasting the pecans before folding them into the dough gives a deeper, richer nutty flavor.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 15 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cookie
- Calories: 130
- Sugar: 4g
- Sodium: 35mg
- Fat: 10g
- Saturated Fat: 5g
- Unsaturated Fat: 4g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 11g
- Fiber: 0.5g
- Protein: 1.5g
- Cholesterol: 20mg