Bite-sized buttery rich lemon cookies melt in your mouth. Having just one is almost impossible.
Lemon Snowballs
- Prep Time 30 min
- Total 1 hr 50 min
- Servings 48
- Ingredients 8
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup lemon drop candies
- 1 cup butter or margarine, softened
- 1/2 cup powdered sugar
- 1 teaspoon grated lemon peel
- 1 teaspoon lemon extract
- 2 1/4 cups Gold Medal™ all-purpose flour
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- Additional powdered sugar
Make With
Gold Medal Flour
Instructions
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Step1Heat 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.
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Step2Shape dough into 1-inch balls. Place about 2 inches apart on ungreased cookie sheet.
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Step3Bake 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.
Nutrition
70
Calories
4g
Total Fat
1g
Protein
8g
Total Carbohydrate
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Cookie
- Calories
- 70
- Calories from Fat
- 35
- Total Fat
- 4g
- 0%
- Saturated Fat
- 2g
- 0%
- Cholesterol
- 10mg
- 0%
- Sodium
- 40mg
- 0%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 8g
- 0%
- Dietary Fiber
- 0g
- 0%
- Protein
- 1g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 2%
- 2%
- Vitamin C
- 0%
- 0%
- Calcium
- 0%
- 0%
- Iron
- 2%
- 2%
Exchanges:
1/2 Starch; 0 Fruit; 0 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 1/2 Fat;Tips from the Betty Crocker Kitchens
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