Name: Chocolate Snowballs
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: about 4 dozen
Ingredients: 3/4 cup butter, softened; 1/2 cup sugar; 1/2 teaspoon salt; 1 large egg, room temperature; 2 teaspoons vanilla extract; 2 cups all-purpose flour; 1 cup chopped pecans or walnuts; 1 cup (6 ounces) chocolate chips; Confectioners' sugar

This is my favorite Christmas cookie recipe. The cookies remind me of the snowballs I packed as a child during many cold Wisconsin winters. —Dee Derezinski, Waukesha, Wisconsin

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We like pecans and walnuts, but you can substitute chopped pistachios, macadamia nuts or even almonds. Not a fan? You can omit the nuts and add a few more chocolate chips.

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Chocolate Snowballs

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Yield:about 4 dozen

Prep:30 min

Cook:15 min

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Ingredients

3/4 cup butter, softened
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 large egg, room temperature
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 cup chopped pecans or walnuts
1 cup (6 ounces) chocolate chips
Confectioners' sugar

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Directions

Preheat oven to 350°. In a large bowl, cream butter, sugar and salt until light and fluffy, 5-7 minutes. Beat in egg and vanilla. Gradually beat in flour. Stir in pecans and chocolate chips.

Shape dough into 1-in. balls; place 2 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets. Bake until set and bottoms are lightly browned, 15-20 minutes. Cool on pans 2 minutes. Roll warm cookies in confectioners' sugar. Cool completely on wire racks. If desired, reroll cookies in confectioners' sugar.

Nutrition Facts

1 cookie: 92 calories, 6g fat (3g saturated fat), 12mg cholesterol, 49mg sodium, 10g carbohydrate (5g sugars, 1g fiber), 1g protein.

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