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Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Snowballs

A delightful Christmas or Holiday Cookie Treat
Course: Baking, candy, holiday food
Cuisine: American
Author: Catherine's Plates

Equipment

  • large mixing bowl
  • wooden spoon & spatula
  • electric handmixer
  • 1" cookie scoop
  • 2 large sheet pans lined with parchment
  • medium narrow bowl (pie plate shape)

Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup butter, softened
  • 1 cup creamy peanut butter
  • 1/4 cup white granulated sugar
  • 2 tsp vanilla extract
  • 2 cups all purpose flour
  • 2 cups chocolate chips
  • 1 cup powdered sugar

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line 2 large baking pans with parchment paper.
  • In a large mixing bowl, beat softened butter, peanut butter, and butter together using an electric hand mixer for 2 minutes until creamy & smooth. Beat in vanilla and flour until combined. Using a spatula mix in chocolate chips.
  • Scoop out cookie dough using a 1 inch cookie scoop (2 TBS) and roll dough in your hands to form a ball shape. Place onto parchment lined baking pan. Make the dough balls are 1 inch apart.
  • Bake in preheated oven for 18-20 minutes until golden brown on edges. Remove from oven and allow to rest on baking pan for 5-7 minutes. These cookies are fragile until cooled, so be careful.
  • Pour powdered sugar into a narrow dish. Place cookies in a few at a time. Using a spoon, cover cookie with powdered sugar carefully. Dust off excess and place cookie on a cool baking pan lined with parchment.
  • Once all cookies have been covered with powdered sugar, cover them once more with powdered sugar and place them back on pan. Allow snowballs to completely cool to set up.
  • Store up to 1 week in an airtight container. These do freeze well also longer.