Impress your friends and family this holiday season with these delicious cinnamon cream cheese snowball cookies. With a soft and buttery texture and a hint of cream cheese and cinnamon, these treats are sure to be a hit at any gathering and the holidays.
In a large bowl with a hand mixer or stand mixer, cream the butter and cream cheese until fluffy (about 2 minutes).
½ cup Unsalted butter, 4 ounces Cream cheese
Now add in the sugar and mix well until incorporated.
1 ¼ cups Powdered sugar
Add the egg and vanilla and mix until combined.
1 Large egg, 2 teaspoon Vanilla extract
In a separate large bowl add all of the dry ingredients and whisk together to combine.
2 cups Unbleached all purpose flour, 1 teaspoon Kosher salt, 1 teaspoon Ground cinnamon, ½ teaspoon Baking powder
Combine the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients and mix until combined. Make sure to scrape down the bowl on the sides and bottom.
Making the Snowball Cookies
Add the powdered sugar to a small bowl.
1 cup powdered sugar
Take a heaping tablespoon of the dough and drop into the bowl of powdered sugar. Roll the dough ball around to coat the sticky dough then roll it in the palm of your hands to form a ball.
Roll out all of the cookie dough this way and place it on to a cookie sheet about 1 inch apart (no need to butter the cookie sheet or add parchment paper).
Bake for 11-12 minutes or until the bottom starts to get browned. The cookies will have crinkles in them after baking which is normal.
Remove from the oven and let cool completely on a wire rack.
Rolling in powdered sugar
Add the powdered sugar from your bowl into a large plastic bag.
Add the cooled baked cookies to the bag about 4 at a time and gently mix them around in the sugar. Keep doing this until all the cookies are coated.
Enjoy!
Notes
Cookies can be stored up to 3 days in an air tight container.You can refrigerate the cookie dough up to 1 weekYou can freeze the dough up to 1 month. To thaw, remove from the freezer and thaw overnight in the refrigerator.