Cream Cheese Snowball Cookies
These Cream Cheese Snowball Cookies are a bite-sized treat that your family will love! Made with butter, cream cheese, and powdered sugar, these cookies are soft, tender, and have the perfect hint of sweetness.
Not only are these cookies extra delicious but they are also easy to make. They are great for holidays, cookie exchanges, or just whenever you are craving a sweet treat.
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❤️ Why You’ll Love This Recipe
- These cookies are easy to make, and you don’t have to worry about chilling the dough.
- All of the ingredients are easy to find at your local grocery store so you don’t have to worry about breaking the bank.
- They are also great for parties, your friends and guests will love them.
🛒Ingredients
You only need a few simple ingredients to help you make these soft cream cheese cookies. Gather these ingredients on your next trip to the grocery and you will have a delicious sweet treat to enjoy with your family in no time at all.
- unsalted butter
- cream cheese
- powdered sugar
- large egg
- vanilla extract
- all-purpose flour
- baking powder
- salt
See the recipe card below for quantities.
🔪 How to Make These Cream Cheese Snowball Cookies
Making these cookies is so simple. Just follow these step-by-step instructions and you will have sweet cookies without a lot of effort at all.
Step 1: Preheat the oven and prepare your baking sheet
Preheat oven to 375F. Cover a large baking sheet with parchment paper; set aside.
Step 2: Mix the wet ingredients
In a large mixing bowl, beat the butter and cream cheese together with an electric mixer on medium speed until well combined. Mix in the powdered sugar on low speed, then add the egg and vanilla extract and beat until incorporated.
Step 3: Add in the dry ingredients
In a medium mixing bowl, sift together the flour, baking powder, and salt. Add this dry mixture to the wet and mix with the electric mixer until fully combined.
Step 4: Shape the cookie dough and bake the cookies
Form the dough into 24 balls and place on the prepared baking sheet leaving at least 1-inch of space between each. Bake the cookies at 375F for 9-10 minutes until set and lightly golden brown on the bottom.
Step 5: Cool the cookies and dust with powdered sugar
Remove the cookies from the baking sheet and cool to room temperature on a wire cooling rack. Once cooled, dust the cookies with powdered sugar.
📝Variations
Do you want to change up this recipe and make it your own? Here are some ways that you can do that!
- Nuts: Are you a fan of nuts? You can fold some chopped walnuts and pecans into your cookie dough before you shape it into balls.
- Chocolate Chips: For a touch of chocolate flavor you can fold in a 1/2 cup of chocolate chips into the batter before you make the cookie dough balls.
- Cinnamon Sugar: Add some cinnamon to the powdered sugar for a cinnamon sugar coating.
If you love snowball cookies you may also enjoy these Strawberry Snowball Cookies.
🥄 Equipment
You will need a few pieces of kitchen equipment to help you make this easy recipe. Gather these tools:
- parchment lined baking sheet
- mixing bowls
- electric mixer
- cookie scoop – optional
- wire rack
🥫 Storage
Store your cookies in an airtight container at room temperature for 3-5 days. If you want to prevent the cookies from drying out, place a slice of bread in the container with the cookies.
Serve With
These cookies are delicious when served with a cup of milk, or even a warm cup of hot cocoa or your favorite coffee. But, you could also pair it with your favorite meal such as these Easy Wet Burritos or these Nacho Hot Dogs.
💭 Tips
Here are a few tips that you can use to help you make this tasty recipe turn out perfectly.
- For this recipe, you must use room-temperature ingredients so that your cookie dough mixes well.
- We like to use a small cookie scoop to ensure that our cookies are all the same size. This helps them to bake evenly and ensures they come out perfectly every time.
- If you are stacking these cookies in the container I recommend that you separate the layers with a piece of parchment paper to prevent them from sticking together.
⁉️ FAQ
Do you have questions about this recipe? Here are the answers to the most commonly asked questions.
Yes, these cookies freeze well just store them in an freezer-safe bag for up to 3 months. Thaw on the counter overnight before enjoying.
These cookies got their name because they are shaped like a snowball and coated in powdered sugar which also resembles snow.
Yes, you can certainly make these ahead. However, I don’t recommend that you make them more than 24 hours in advance.
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🧾Recipe Card
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Cream Cheese Snowball Cookies
Equipment
- Parchment Lined Baking Sheet
- mixing bowls
- Electric mixer
- Cookie Scoop – Optional
- Wire rack
Ingredients
- ½ cup unsalted butter softened to room temperature
- 4 ounces cream cheese softened to room temperature
- 1 ½ cups powdered sugar plus additional for dusting
- 1 large egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
- ¼ teaspoon salt
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375F. Cover a large baking sheet with parchment paper; set aside.
- In a large mixing bowl, beat the butter and cream cheese together with an electric mixer on medium speed until well combined.
- Mix in the powdered sugar on low speed, then add the egg and vanilla extract and beat until incorporated.
- In a medium mixing bowl, sift together the flour, baking powder, and salt. Add this dry mixture to the wet and mix with the electric mixer until fully combined.
- Form the dough into 24 balls and place on the prepared baking sheet leaving at least 1-inch of space between each.
- Bake the cookies at 375F for 9-10 minutes until set and lightly golden brown on the bottom.
- Remove the cookies from the baking sheet and cool to room temperature on a wire cooling rack.
- Once cooled, dust the cookies with powdered sugar.
