Chocolate Hazelnut Snowball Cookies

Ingredients

1/2 cup blanched hazelnuts

1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour

1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder, plus more for dusting

1/4 teaspoon salt

2 sticks unsalted butter, at room temperature

1 1/2 cups confectioners' sugar

1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract

4 ounces bittersweet chocolate, finely chopped

Instructions

Position racks in the upper and lower thirds of the oven and preheat to 350˚ F. Spread the hazelnuts on a baking sheet and bake on the lower rack until lightly toasted, about 10 minutes. Let cool completely, about 20 minutes.

Pulse the hazelnuts in a food processor until finely ground. Add the flour, cocoa powder and salt and pulse to combine.

Beat the butter in a large bowl with a mixer on medium-high speed until light and fluffy, about 3 minutes. Add 1/2 cup confectioners' sugar and the vanilla; beat on low speed until combined, then increase the speed to medium high and beat until well combined. Reduce the speed to low again, add the flour mixture and beat until combined. Beat in the chopped chocolate. Cover the dough and refrigerate until slightly firm, about 30 minutes.

Scoop heaping tablespoonfuls of dough and roll into balls. Arrange about 2 inches apart on 2 unlined baking sheets. Bake, switching the pans halfway through, until the cookies spread slightly, have a matte finish and look slightly darker around the edges, 18 to 24 minutes. Let the cookies cool 5 minutes on the pans, then transfer to a rack to cool completely.

Put the remaining 1 cup confectioners' sugar in a medium bowl. Gently roll the cookies in the sugar to coat completely, rerolling as needed. Dust the tops of the cookies with cocoa powder.

Description

What can be wrong with two kinds of chocolate rolled in confectioners' sugar? Nothing with these.

Servings

24

Notes

I used a scoop for this and found it worked perfectly to dip the scoop in cold water and to moisten my hands with cold water. Also, I tried to roll them right out of the oven and one crumbles. We couldn't leave the pieces so just had to test them. Very positive results. I suggest letting them cool about 15 minutes

Source

Food Network - December 2020 I didn't make them until August, 2025