Lime & Macadamia Nut Snowball Cookies

This Snowball Cookie Recipe is the perfect way to welcome Spring time. The Lime and Macadamia Nuts add a nutty citrus flavor that has Spring written all over it!

Course Dessert

Cuisine American

Prep Time 15

Cook Time 10

Total Time 25

Servings Cookies

Calories 113kcal

Author Nicole Crocker

Ingredients

For the cookies

2 1/4 Cups All-purpose flour
1 Cup Unsalted butter, softened
1/2 Cup Confectioner sugar
3/4 Cup Macadamia nuts ,finely chopped
Zest from two limes
Juice from one lime

For coating your cookies

1 Cup Confectioner sugar
Zest from one lime

Instructions

For the cookies

Preheat oven to 350 Degrees F.
Cream butter, sugar, lime zest and lime juice until smooth. Gradually add flour and combine well. Add chopped macadamia nuts.
Roll dough into 1 inch balls and place on ungreased cookie sheet.
Bake 10-12 minutes. Remove cookies to cooling rack.
Cool for 2 minutes.
Roll warm cookies in confectioner sugar. Place back on cooking rack and cool completely.
Roll cooled cookies in confectioner sugar again, top with lime zest and place on serving dish.

Notes

** My tip for making the perfect snowball cookie: Double coat your cookies. If you don't double coat your cookies with confectioner sugar they won't have that nice white, powdery, snowball look! They'll look more like a glazed donut hole. So if you want "snowballs" make sure you double coat them!

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