Walnut Snowballs

Recipe Ingredients

2 cups	125g / 4.4oz	All-purpose flour
1 teaspoon	5ml	Baking powder
1/2 teaspoon	2.5ml	Salt
1/4 teaspoon	1.3ml	Ground cloves
1 1/4 cups	296ml	Walnuts - toasted, cooled
1 cup	198g / 7oz	Unsalted butter - (2 sticks) - room temperature
2 1/2 cups	495g / 17oz	Powdered sugar
1 cup	198g / 7oz	Egg yolk (large)
5 teaspoons	25ml	Brandy
2 teaspoons	10ml	Vanilla extract

Recipe Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line 2 large baking sheets with parchment paper. Sift first 4 ingredients into medium bowl. Transfer 2 tablespoons flour mixture to processor; add walnuts. Process until walnuts are finely chopped.

Using electric mixer, beat butter in large bowl until fluffy. Add 1 cup powdered sugar and beat until well blended. Add egg yolk, brandy, and vanilla and beat to blend. Beat in flour mixture. Add walnut mixture; stir with spatula to blend. Using 1 tablespoon dough for each cookie, shape dough into balls; arrange on prepared sheets, spacing 1 inch apart.

Bake cookies 12 minutes. Reverse sheets. Bake cookies until brown on bottom, cracked on top and just beginning to color, about 12 minutes longer. Sift remaining 1 1/2 cups powdered sugar thickly over hot cookies and cool on sheets. (Can be made 4 days ahead. Store airtight between sheets of waxed paper at room temperature.)

This recipe yields about 38 cookies.

Source:
Bon Appetit, December 2001

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