Orange Clove Snowball Cookies Food

ORANGE SNOWBALL COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 °F.
• Using bowl mixer, combine butter and powdered sugar until creamed together.
• Next, add 1 tablespoon of orange peel, reserving the remaining.
• Mix in orange juice, then gradually add flour and mix until well incorporated.
• Roll dough into small (golf ball size) rounds and place on non-greased baking sheet, about 2 inches apart.
• Bake for 20 minutes or until firm.
• While cookies are baking, combine granulated sugar and remaining orange peel, place in small food processor and incorporate fully. If you don't have a food processor, mix the two together in a small bowl.
• When the cookies are finished baking, allow to cool for a few minutes on the baking sheet. While cookies are still warm, roll them in the sugar and orange peel mixture.
• Garnish with optional edible glitter and/or some orange zest.

ALMOND SNOWBALL COOKIES

Steps:

• Pulse the almonds and sugar in a food processor until very finely ground. Add the butter and process until smooth, about 1 minute. Scrape the dough off the inside of the bowl, if needed. Add the vanilla and almond extracts and pulse to combine. Add the flour and salt and pulse to make a soft dough. Turn the dough out onto a large piece of waxed paper and roll into a log about 15 inches long and 1 1/2 inches wide. Wrap and refrigerate for 30 minutes.
• Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F. Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper.
• Cut the chilled dough into 1/2-inch pieces and roll by hand into balls. Space the cookies evenly on the prepared baking sheets and bake until slightly golden, rotating the sheets once, 15 to 20 minutes. Put the confectioners' sugar in a pie plate. Briefly cool the cookies on a rack, then gently toss in the confectioners' sugar until evenly coated. Return to rack, cool to room temperature, and then toss again in the confectioners' sugar.

ORANGE CLOVE SNOWBALL COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
• In a large bowl, cream together butter and confectioners' sugar. Beat in orange zest, ground cloves, ground almonds, cornstarch and salt.
• Slowly blend in the flour with the mixer on low speed until all of the flour has been incorporated and the dough comes together.
• Shape dough into 1-inch balls and place on prepared baking sheet. Bake for 12-15 minutes, until the edges of the cookies just start to brown.
• Cool on baking sheet for 5 minutes.
• Sift 1/2 cup confectioners' sugar onto a plate. Dip the bottom of each cookie into the confectioners' sugar, then place on a wire rack. Dust tops of cookies thoroughly with remaining confectioners sugar, using more sugar if necessary.

SNOWBALL COOKIES

Steps:

• Heat the oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4. Line a large baking tray with baking parchment. Tip the pecans into a food processor and blitz until they resemble a rough powder. Tip into a bowl and stir in the flour.
• In a separate bowl, beat the butter, caster sugar and orange zest together with an electric whisk until pale and fluffy. Add the flour and pecan mix and stir with a wooden spoon until everything comes together in a rough dough. Shape into 10 even-sized balls and put on the tray.
• Bake for 15 mins until set but the top is still pale in colour. Leave to cool on the tray for 5 mins, then, once cool enough to handle, gently roll the balls in the icing sugar and return to the tray. Leave to cool completely. Will keep in an airtight container for up to five days. Dust with more icing sugar just before serving.

HOLIDAY SNOWBALL COOKIES

Steps:

• PREHEAT oven to 375°F.
• BEAT butter, sugar, vanilla extract and salt in large mixer bowl until creamy.
• Gradually beat in flour; stir in Shapes & Morsels and nuts.
• Shape level tablespoons of dough into 1 1/4-inch balls. Place on ungreased baking sheets.
• BAKE for 10 to 12 minutes or until cookies are set and lightly browned. Remove from oven. Sift powdered sugar over hot cookies on baking sheets. Cool on baking sheets for 10 minutes; remove to wire racks to cool completely. Sprinkle with additional powdered sugar, if desired. Store in airtight containers.

A BIG DOSE OF LIME SNOWBALL COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• In a medium bowl combine the flour and cornstarch and blend well. Set aside.
• In a larger mixing bowl, using electric mixer, beat the butter and 1/2 cup confectioner's sugar until light and fluffy.
• Mix in the fresh lime juice, lime zest, and lime oil if using.
• Beat in the flour mixture until smooth.
• Refrigerate cookie dough until just firm, approximately 45 minutes.
• Line two aluminum baking sheets with parchment paper.
• Butter a measuring spoon and measure out a scant 1 tablespoon of the dough. Form into balls and place on the prepared baking sheets. Space the cookies 1" apart.
• Bake cookies for about 23 minutes or until browned on bottom and golden brown on top. Transfer the baking sheets to counter, and immediately sift with the remaining confectioner's sugar.
• Cool the cookies completely on baking sheet.
• Yield is estimated.

ORANGE-CLOVE POMANDERS

Steps:

• Combine the spice mix ingredients.
• Wash oranges.
• Insert cloves into oranges in a decorative pattern (stripes, swirls, whatever strikes your fancy!).
• Roll cloved oranges in the spice mixture within 24 hours and set in a warm place to dry, turning fruit daily.
• Drying takes from two weeks to possibly a month.
• Pomanders are completely dry when they are hard.
• Remove pomanders from the spice mix, dust off a little, and tie with decorative ribbons. Set out in a bowl, or you can use as Christmas ornaments.

ALMOND SNOWBALL COOKIES

Steps:

• Pulse the almonds and sugar in a food processor until very finely ground.
• Add the butter and process until smooth, about 1 minute.
• Scrape the dough off the inside of the bowl,If needed.
• Add the vanilla and almond extracts and pulse to combine.
• Add flour and salt and pulse to make a soft dough.
• Turn the dough out onto a large piece of waxed paper and roll into a log about 15 inches long and 1 and 1/2 inches wide.
• Wrap and refrigerate for 30 minutes.
• Preheat the oven to 325 degrees.
• Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper.
• Cut the chilled dough into 1/2 inch pieces and roll by hand into balls.
• Space the cookies evenly on the prepated baking sheets until slightly golden, rotating the sheets once, 15 to 20 minutes.
• Put the confectioners sugar in a pie plate.
• Briefly cool the cookies on a rack, then gently toss in the confectioner's sugar until evenly coated.
• Return to rack, cool to room temperature and then toss again in the con- fectioners sugar.

ORANGE SNOWBALLS - DEE DEE'S

Steps:

• 1. In a large bowl, mix together the wafer crumbs, melted butter, powdered sugar, orange juice concentrate, and chopped nuts. Stir until the mixture is well-combined. If it is too soft to roll into balls, refrigerate for 30 minutes or until firm enough to shape.
• 2. Using a teaspoon, roll the candy into small balls between your palms and place them on a baking sheet covered with foil.
• 3. In a small bowl, blend together the 1 cup of powdered sugar and 1 1/2 Tbsp orange juice with a handheld electric mixer. It should be fluid but not too runny; adjust the amount of sugar or juice as necessary to get a good dipping consistency.
• 4. Dip a ball in the sugar-juice mixture until it is well-coated, then roll it in the shredded coconut. Replace the ball on the baking sheet and repeat with remaining cookie/candy.
• 5. Refrigerate the balls to set them, then store them in an airtight container in the refrigerator.
• 6. NOTE: To crush the wafers, you can either use a blender or food processor, or place them in a large Ziploc bag and crush them with a rolling pin. Be sure that the cookies are in small crumbs, not large chunks.

NESTLE CRUNCH SNOWBALL COOKIES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 375*F.
• Cream together the butter, 3/4 cup of the powdered sugar, and the salt until fluffy; blend in the vanilla.
• Gradually beat in the flour, blending just until combined; stir in the Crunch bits.
• Shape dough into 1 1/4" balls; place 1" apart on ungreased cookie sheets.
• Bake 10-12 minutes, or until cookies are set and bottoms are lightly browned.
• Sift the 1/4 cup powdered sugar over the hot cookies; cool on baking sheets 10 minutes.
• Carefully transfer cookies to wire racks and cool completely.
• Dust with additional powdered sugar, if desired. Store in airtight containers.