Walnut Snowball Cookies Recipe

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Walnut Snowball Cookies
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Ingredients:

  • 1.5 cups oz walnuts
  • 1/2 vanilla bean split , scrape seeds & set aside
  • 2 cup confectioners' sugar
  • 1/4 tsp salt

Directions:

  1. Preheat oven 350 degrees. Line 2 large cookie sheets w/ parchment paper. Spread walnuts on rimmed baking sheet and bake fo about 8 minutes, until golden. Let cool, then coarsesly chop. Reduce oven temp to 325 degrees.
  2. In standing mixer fitted w/ paddle, beat butter with vanilla bean seeds at high speed until pale, about 2 minutes. Add 1 c. confectioners' sugar and beat at medium-high speed until light and fluffy, about 5 minutes, scraping down side of bowl halfway through. At low speed, mix in salt, gradually add flour and walntus, beat until cookie dough comes together, scraping down side of bowl halfway through.
  3. Roll level TBsp of dough into balls and arrange on prepared cookie sheets. Bake cookies in upper and lower thirds of oven for about 17 minutes until slightly browned on bottom; switch cookie sheets from top to bottom and front to back halfway through baking. Let cool on sheets about 5 minutes, transfer to rack to continue cooling slightlyl
  4. Put remaining 1 c. confectioners' sugar in small bowl. Roll slightly warm cookies in sugar to coat and return to rack to cool completely. Roll again in sugar.
  5. Can be stored up to 5 days in airtight container.
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Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 4633.97 Kcal (19402 kJ)
Calories from fat 1895.85 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 210.65g 324%
Cholesterol 485.9mg 162%
Sodium 616.81mg 26%
Potassium 553.73mg 12%
Total Carbs 667.45g 222%
Sugars 464.16g 1857%
Dietary Fiber 10.48g 42%
Protein 37.47g 75%
Vitamin C 0.9mg 1%
Vitamin A 2.3mg 75%
Iron 3.8mg 21%
Calcium 118mg 12%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 466.56 Kcal (1953 kJ)
Calories from fat 190.88 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 21.21g 324%
Cholesterol 48.92mg 162%
Sodium 62.1mg 26%
Potassium 55.75mg 12%
Total Carbs 67.2g 222%
Sugars 46.73g 1857%
Dietary Fiber 1.05g 42%
Protein 3.77g 75%
Vitamin C 0.1mg 1%
Vitamin A 0.2mg 75%
Iron 0.4mg 21%
Calcium 11.9mg 12%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
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Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
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Weightwatchers Points

  • 109.4
    Points
  • 129
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • saturated fat free,
  • low sodium

Bad Points

  • High in Sodium,
  • High in Sugar,
  • High in Total Fat

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