Chocolate Snowballs
"One year, after her first bite of this cookie, my DD sighed and said, "Now I know it's Christmas!"
You will need to keep these frozen until needed or they will disappear! I usually make a couple of double batches, 6 dozen is not enough."
- Ready In:
- 30mins
- Ingredients:
- 10
- Yields:
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6 dozen
- Serves:
- 72
ingredients
- 4 ounces unsweetened chocolate
- 1⁄2 cup shortening
- 2 cups sugar
- 2 teaspoons vanilla
- 4 eggs
- 2 cups flour
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
- 6 ounces chocolate chips
- 1 cup powdered sugar, sifted
directions
- Melt the chocolate and shortening together over hot water, cool.
- Beat in the sugar until well blended. Add the vanilla.
- Beat in the eggs one at a time, mixing well after each.
- Sift together the flour, salt and baking powder, and stir into the chocolate mixture.
- Stir in the chocolate chips.
- Cover the bowl and chill for several hours or overnight.
- Divide the mixture in the bowl into halves, then each half into three equal pieces. Each piece makes one dozen cookies. Roll one piece into a log and cut log in half, then each half in half. Cut each small piece into thirds and you will have 6 dozen equal sized cookies.
- Roll each piece into a ball.
- I always mix these up in November and freeze them raw. Just set the balls on a wax-paper lined cookie sheet and set them in the freezer until they are hard. Now put the frozen cookies into a zip lock bag or rigid storage container.
- Now the fun part. If the balls are frozen roll each ball between your palms for a few seconds. Roll each ball in sifted powder sugar to coat thoroughly. Place the balls 2 inches apart on baking paper or lightly greased foil.
- Bake at 375°F for 10 minutes. Check after 8 minutes, ovens vary quite a bit. The cookies will be very soft, but will become firm as they cool.
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Reviews
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Excellent. The dough gets sticky and hard to work with fast, so keep all the pieces in the fridge until you are ready for them. These are chocolate crinkle cookies, not what I think of as chocolate snowballs.
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Hi,
I'm a California native, traveled the world with my soldier hubby, then settled here in Kentucky,the land of racing horses and Burboun whiskey.
I live alone now but my 2 DDs and 7 grandkids like just a few doors down so I always have a houseful
I love to cook. It's really ALL about the food, isn't it? These days I look for recipes that are easy to prepare and easily made in smaller amounts, although I often will make a full recipe and freeze it in portions for days when I can't cook. Both DDs are my cooking buddies. Two or three times a week they come over and help with the prep and cooking, trying out the new recipes I've found here on Zaar. They also help with the eating, as do the SILs and grandkids.
How I rate recipes:
5 Stars ~ Fabulous and I loved it just the way it is ~ Perfect.
4 Stars ~ Needs a tune up, a tweak here and there. A keeper.
3 Stars ~ A good idea that is not quite working. Repairs needed May or may not be a keeper.
2 Stars ~ This recipe would need a major overhaul to suit me. Probably will not make again.
1 Star ~ Just not my cup of tea ~ will not make again.
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