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Cream Cheese Snowball Cookies
Photo: Alexander Maasch

Cream Cheese Snowball Cookies

9 ingredients 23 min + 6 min 2 dozen cookies openrecipes
Cream Cheese Snowball Cookies

"An easy mix-and-bake recipe my grandmother used to make every Christmas! This yummy recipe, containing cream cheese and almond extract, makes moist, flavorful snowballs that are a different twist on your traditional snowball cookie!"

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

870
Calories
16g
Protein
39g
Fat
110g
Carbs
What these numbers assume — 8 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Flour 1 cup (125g) all-purpose 455
Vegetable 1 tbsp (14g) 120
Butter 1 tbsp (14g) 102
Cream Cheese 1 oz (28g) 99
Sugar 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated 49
Walnut 1 walnut half (4g) 26
Vanilla 1 tsp extract (4ml) 12
Almond 1 almond (1.2g) 7

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • 1 cup confectioners' sugar
  • 1/2 cup finely-chopped walnuts (optional)
  • 1/2 cup vegetable shortening (such as Crisco®)
  • 1/2 cup butter, softened
  • 1/2 cup cream cheese, softened
  • 1/2 cup white sugar
  • 1/2 teaspoon almond extract
  • 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour

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