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Lime Snowballs

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Lime Snowballs

Lime Snowballs

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Equipment

  • Kitchen Mixer Stand (325W) - An essential kitchen gadget perfect for mixing dough and batter smoothly, ideal for handling large batches needed in recipes like snowballs.

  • Silicone Ice Cream Mold (3D Snowflakes) - For creating aesthetically pleasing snowballs, these molds can help shape your treats beautifully.

  • Nonstick Frying Pan (10") - Essential for frying the lime snowballs to a perfect golden brown without sticking.

  • Candy Thermometer - Ensures ingredients are at the correct temperature, vital for precise heat control in recipes.

  • Cookie Cutter Snowflakes - For decorating snowballs with intricate designs on their exterior.

  • Large Bowl - Used for mixing lime zest and other ingredients before shaping them into snowballs.

  • Piping Bag with Star Nozzle - Neatly filling dough or batter to form snowball shapes, ensuring uniformity in presentation.

  • Heavy Duty Plastic Gloves - Handling sticky ingredients safely and maintaining hygiene during the preparation process.

  • Rolling Pin - Flattening out dough before shaping it into balls for snowballs, ensuring even thickness.

  • Refrigerator - Essential for chilling the dough prior to forming and frying snowballs, to maintain their shape upon cooking.

Ingredients

  • 1 1/2 cups all purpose flour

  • 1/2 cup cornstarch

  • 1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, room temperature

  • 1/2 cup powdered sugar

  • 2 tablespoons fresh lime juice

  • 1 teaspoon (packed) finely grated lime peel

  • 1/2 teaspoon lime oil*

  • Additional powdered sugar

Instructions

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Instruction 1

Preheat oven to 350°F. Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper. Whisk flour and cornstarch in medium bowl to blend. Using electric mixer, beat butter and 1/2 cup powdered sugar in large bowl until light and fluffy. Mix in lime juice, lime peel, and lime oil. Beat in flour mixture until smooth. Refrigerate dough until just firm, about 45 minutes.
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Instruction 2

Using scant 1 tablespoon for each, form dough into balls and place on prepared sheets, spacing 1 inch apart.
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Instruction 3

Bake cookies until pale golden on top and browned on bottom, about 23 minutes. Transfer baking sheets to racks; immediately sift generous amount of powdered sugar over cookies. Cool cookies completely on baking sheets. (Can be made ahead. Store airtight at room temperature up to 5 days or freeze up to 2 weeks. Dust with more powdered sugar before serving.)
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Instruction 4

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