Spicy Sugar Coated Balls (Printable Format)
A fun spin on regular snowball treats, packed with warming winter spices and wrapped in two layers of sugar dust for that wintery look.
# Needed Ingredients:
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Soft Unsalted Butter from Challenge brand (1 cup/226g).
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Confectioners sugar (1/2 cup/57g).
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Pure vanilla (1 teaspoon).
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Table salt (1/2 teaspoon).
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Cinnamon powder (1 teaspoon).
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Ginger powder (1 teaspoon).
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Freshly ground nutmeg (1/2 teaspoon).
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Allspice powder (1/4 teaspoon).
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Powdered cloves (1/4 teaspoon).
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Dark molasses (1 tablespoon).
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Plain flour (2 1/4 cups/279g).
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Extra confectioners sugar for coating.
# Preparation Steps:
01 -
Heat your oven to 350°F. Put parchment on your cookie trays.
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Whip the butter till it's light and airy, roughly 20 seconds. Throw in the sugar, vanilla, salt, all the spices, and that spoonful of molasses until everything's combined.
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Add your flour and mix everything together. Don't worry when it looks too dry at first, just keep going until it sticks together properly.
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Drop tablespoon-sized chunks of dough onto your lined trays.
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Pop in the oven for 10-12 minutes until you see a slight brown color on the bottom.
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Let them cool a bit, then coat the warm cookies with confectioners sugar. After they've cooled completely, give them another sugar coating.
# Supplementary Details:
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Don't panic if your mixture looks too dry at first, it'll come together.
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Coating the cookies twice with sugar gives them that perfect sweet finish.