Cream Cheese Snowball Cookies

Ingredients

• Servings: 2
• 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 sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon almond extract
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour

Recipe

Preparation Time: 23 mins Cook Time: 6 mins Ready Time: 30 mins


• preheat oven to 350 degrees f (175 degrees c). sift the confectioners' sugar into a shallow bowl, stir in the walnuts, and set aside.
• beat the shortening, butter, cream cheese, and sugar together in a bowl until the mixture is creamy and thoroughly blended. mix in the almond extract, vanilla extract, and flour; stir to combine. scoop up dough by rounded tablespoons, and roll into balls about 1 inch in diameter. place the balls about 1 1/2 inches apart on ungreased baking sheets.
• bake in the preheated oven until the cookies turn slightly golden at the edges, about 6 minutes. let the cookies cool on the baking sheets for about 1 minute, then roll in the confectioners' sugar-walnut mixture while still a little warm.