Coconut-Pecan Snowball Cookies
Dusted with powdered sugar, these unctuous and toasty spheres of shortbread bliss are a special melt-in-your-mouth kind of delicious, as well as a spectacular centerpiece for the holidays. Forget all about snowball fights this winter; you'll be fighting over these coconut and pecan snowball cookies instead!
Equipment
- Baking Sheet
- Silicon Baking Mat or Parchment Paper
Ingredients
- 1 cup all-purpose flour or gluten-free flour mix, sifted
- 1 cup pecans, finely ground
- ½ cup coconut flakes or shreds, pulsed to make smaller if need be
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ½ cup vegan butter, room temperature
- ¼ cup brown sugar
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- ~ ½ - ¾ cup powdered sugar, for dusting the cookies after they're baked
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 325°F, and line a baking sheet with parchment paper or a silicon baking mat.
- In a large bowl, combine the flour, finely ground pecans, coconut flakes or shreds, and salt.Helpful tip: ensure the coconut flakes or shreds are not too bulky by pulsing them in a food processor or hand-held blender a couple times. A smaller shred or flake will help the cookies keep their shape.
- Then, in another large bowl, beat together the vegan butter, brown sugar, and vanilla extract with a whisk until very smooth.
- After that's finished, combine the dry ingredients with the beaten butter and sugar mixture, and fold the two until it forms a dough that sticks together into a ball without crumbling apart.
- Roll the dough into pingpong-sized balls, and place on the baking sheet. You should have anywhere from 15 - 18 circular cookies. Bake for 15 minutes, until the cookies are slightly firm to touch and only just turning color.
- Allow the cookies to cool for 10 - 15 minutes, and then use a fine-meshed sieve to dust them with about a cup of powdered sugar. Turn the cookies over, and dust them again. You may need to do this several times to ensure all of the cookie is covered in a fine layer of powdered sugar so that it resembles a snowball.
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Nutrition
Serving 1 snowball cookie Calories 110 kcal Carbohydrates 11.2 g Protein 1 g Fat 6.9 g Saturated Fat 2.6 g Sodium 86 mg Potassium 25 mg Fiber 0.6 g Sugar 5.5 g Calcium 4 mg Iron 1 mg
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