Pistachio Lime Snowballs

Name: Pistachio Lime Snowballs
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 24 cookies
Ingredients: 1 cup butter, softened; 1/2 cup powdered sugar; 2 cups all-purpose flour; 1 cup dry roasted pistachios, coarsely ground; 1 tablespoon lime zest; green colored crystal sugar or plain granulated sugar; powdered sugar

Submitted by AZ to AK

"This is a bit of a tropical take on the Mexican wedding cookie. They are very pretty and quite festive because you roll the cookies in colored sugar. They look very nice on your holiday trays."

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Ready In:: 40mins
Ingredients:: 7
Yields:: 24 cookies

ingredients

1 cup butter, softened
¹⁄₂ cup powdered sugar
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 cup dry roasted pistachios, coarsely ground
1 tablespoon lime zest
green colored crystal sugar or plain granulated sugar
powdered sugar

directions

Preheat oven to 325°F.
In a large bowl, beat butter with a mixer for 30 seconds. Add the powdered sugar beating until is it combined. Mix in the flour until fully incorporated. Stir in the nuts and lime zest.
Shape dough into 1-inch balls. Roll each ball in green colored sugar and place about 2 inches apart on ungreased cookie sheets.
Bake for 15 minutes, until the bottoms are lightly browned. Cool the cookies for 5 minutes on the cookie sheets. Remove warm cookies and roll in additional powdered sugar to coat. Place cookies on wire racks to cool completely.
Cookies can be frozen for up to three months in an airtight container.

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Reviews

A wonderful variation on snowballs and a must try for pistachio lovers. The cookies are delicate and tender, yet manage to have enough body to hold up well in packing. Makes them a great addition for holiday baking. I received these as a gift and loved the pretty green color. These are definitely going on my holiday tray. Thanks!

justcallmetoni

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AZ to AK

I recently moved to Alaska from Arizona for my husbands job. Right now I am staying home with our 2-year-old daughter. We are all still trying to discover Anchorage and all that Alaska has to offer. I love everything about food. Shopping for food, cooking food, and eating food. My mother is an amazing baker, and I am fortunate that she passed that on to me. My husband is from Zambia, in southern Africa, so we cook a lot of traditional Zambian dishes. I love to cook but rarely do I measure and track cooking times. I am the kind of cook that just throws things together until I get what I am looking for. <a href="http://s224.photobucket.com/albums/dd235/MidwestMaven/?action=view&current=cookieswapparticip.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd235/MidwestMaven/cookieswapparticip.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"> <a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w115/bugh8er/food%20and%20swaps/59115c92.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"> <img src="http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b399/susied214/permanent%20collection/adoptedspring08.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"> <img src="http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y164/lauralie41/swapbanner.jpg" border="0" alt="Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket"> <img src="http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e347/Saturn6666/Other/tagforpage1.jpg">

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