Chocolate Hazelnut Snowballs!
A special treat, these are great fresh, but the rich flavours are even better the next day! Well-toasted hazelnuts are the secret ingredient! Try both versions!
| Servings | Prep Time |
| 2dozen | 10minutes |
| Cook Time |
| 10-12minutes per pan |
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Ingredients
- 1/2cup icing sugarsifted
- 1cup vegan butter
- 2teaspoons vanilla
- 2cups all purpose flour
- 1/2teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup cocoasifted
- 3/4cup roasted hazelnutsfinely chopped
- 1/2cup icing sugarfor rolling
- extra roasted hazelnuts for rolling infinely chopped
- melted chocolate for dippingoptional but delicious
Instructions
- Heat oven to 350 degrees F. Line cookie sheets with parchment paper.
- In a large mixing bowl, beat softened butter, icing sugar,and vanilla until light.
- In a smaller bowl, sift flour, salt and cocoa powder together.
- Add flour mixture to mixing bowl and mix to combine.
- Stir in the finely chopped roasted hazelnuts.
- Roll dough into 1 inch balls and place on parchment-lined cookie sheets. They won’t spread much.
- Bake for approximately 10 minutes. We think these are nicer a little underdone and fudgy. Test for your own level of crispness.
- Remove from oven and, while still warm, roll each cookie gently in icing sugar (or dip into melted chocolate and then into finely chopped roasted hazelnuts.) Let cool and then roll again in icing sugar and/or in more finely chopped roasted hazelnuts. Enjoy!
Recipe Notes
These freeze well and are great for sharing!
Thanks to Bill for creating the sharing boxes!