Lemon Coconut Snowballs Food

LEMON SNOWBALL

Steps:

• Sprinkle gelatin over cold water. Let stand 5 minutes. Add boiling water; stir until gelatin is dissolved. Add next five ingredients; mix well. Refrigerate, stirring occasionally, until mixture begins to thicken, about 25 minutes., In another bowl, beat 2 cups cream until stiff peaks form; fold into lemon mixture. Line a 12-cup bowl with plastic wrap. Layer with 1 cup each lemon filling and cake cubes. Repeat layers five times; top with remaining filling. Refrigerate, covered, 6 hours or up to 2 days., To serve, invert bowl onto a large serving platter. Remove plastic wrap. Beat confectioners' sugar and remaining cream until stiff peaks form; spread over cake. Sprinkle with coconut.

LEMON COCONUT SNOWBALLS

Steps:

• Beat butter at medium speed with an electric mixer until creamy; gradually add 1/2 cup powdered sugar and extracts, beating well.
• Add flour, lemon rind, and salt, beating until combined.
• Stir in coconut.
• Cover and chill dough 30 minutes.
• Shape dough into generous 1" balls; place 1" apart on parchment paper-lined baking sheets.
• Bake at 350° for 15 to 20 minutes or until golden on bottom, but pale on top.
• Transfer cookies to wire racks to cool 5 minutes.
• Place 1 1/2 cups powdered sugar in a bowl, and roll warm cookies in powdered sugar, coating well.
• Cool cookies completely on wire racks.
• Roll cooled cookies in powdered sugar again, coating well.

LEMON SNOWBALLS COOKIE

Steps:

• In a bowl, cream butter, sugar and egg until well blended. Add lemon juice and zest. Combine flour, baking soda, cream of tartar and salt; stir into creamed mixture. Add almonds. Cover and refrigerate the dough for at least 1 hour or overnight. , Roll into 1-in. balls. Place on ungreased baking sheet. Bake at 350° for 10-12 minutes or until bottoms are lightly browned (cookies will not brown on top). , Remove immediately to wire racks; cool for 5 minutes, then roll in confectioners' sugar.

CREAMY COCONUT SNOWBALLS

Steps:

• Line a 9x5-in. loaf pan with foil. Grease foil with 1/2 teaspoon butter; set aside. Pulse 3/4 cup coconut in a food processor until coarsely chopped. Add cream cheese and remaining butter; pulse until blended. Gradually add confectioners' sugar; pulse until blended. Press into prepared pan. Refrigerate, covered, at least 3 hours. , Microwave candy coating and shortening until melted; stir until smooth. Cool slightly. Using foil, lift coconut mixture out of pan. Gently peel off foil; cut into 36 pieces. Taking a few pieces at a time, roll each into a ball; keep remaining pieces refrigerated., Using a toothpick, dip balls one at a time in melted coating mixture, allowing excess to drip off. Roll in remaining coconut; place on waxed paper-lined baking sheets. Refrigerate until set. Store in an airtight container in refrigerator.

LEMON SNOWBALLS

Steps:

• Cut lemons in half lengthwise to resemble boats.
• Cut a small sliver of peel from bottom of lemons to stabilize base.
• Remove pulp from lemons to form a "shell" using a spoon or melon baller.
• Cover with plastic wrap and freeze.
• In large glass bowl, combine zest, juice, milk and cream.
• Add sugar and stir until dissolved.
• Cover with plastic wrap and freeze 8 hours or more.
• Remove from freezer, if necessary, break up ice crystals.
• Process in food processor until smooth. Do not over process, mixture should hold very firm peaks.
• Spoon into lemon shells, cover, and freeze until firm, 2 hours or up to 3 days.
• Garnish if desired.

COCONUT SNOWBALLS

Steps:

• Grind 1/2 cup of the coconut in food processor.
• Chop remaining coconut and set aside.
• Add flour, 1/4 cup of the confectioners' sugar and the salt.
• Pulse to blend.
• Add butter and vanilla; pulse until dough comes together.
• Heat oven to 350 degrees.
• Roll dough into 1-inch balls.
• Place dough balls 1 inch apart on an ungreased baking sheet.
• Bake cookies until firm but tender, 15 minutes.
• Remove to rack, let cool completely.
• In small bowl, stir together remaining 1 cup confectioners' sugar and enough milk until smooth but still thick.
• Dip cookies in glaze (about 1/2 t for each), letting it drip down sides.
• Dip in chopped coconut and set aside for glaze to dry.