Cooking Recipe Peppermint Snowballs
Recipe Ingredients
1 c
Butter or margarine
1/2 c
Confectioners sugar
1 ts
Vanilla
2 1/2 c
All purpose flour
Filling:
2 tb
Cream cheese
1 tb
Milk
1/2 c
Confectioners sugar
2 tb
Finely crushed peppermint
Candy
1
Drop red food coloring
Topping:
1/4 cup confectioners sugar
6 tb
Finely crushed peppermint
Candy or candy cane
Directions
In Mixing bowl cream butter and sugar, add vanilla.Stir in flour and
knead until well mixed. Reserve 1/2 cup of dough. Shape remaining
dough into 1 inch balls. For filling: combine cream cheese and milk
in a small bowl, stir in sugar and candy and food coloring, mix well.
Make a deep well in the center of each ball. fill with 1/4 tsp.
filling, use reserved dough to cover filling. Reshape if necessary
into smoothe balls. Place on ungreased baking sheetand bake at 350 F
for 12 - 14 minutes. Combine topping ingredients and roll cookies in
mixture while still warm. cool on wire rack.