The best Buttery Snowball & Crescent Christmas Cookies That Melt on Your Tongue spread has variety: try Almond Crescent Cookies beside Bourbon Pecan Ball Cookies, then add Butter Pecan Sandies to change up the flavor profile. Here you will find 21 recipe ideas for sharing, gifting, or serving after dinner, with a direct link to the complete instructions for every bake.
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Almond Crescent Cookies
Almond Crescent Cookies with measured ingredients, shortbread shaping and clear oven cues for a holiday cookie box.
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Bourbon Pecan Ball Cookies
Bourbon Pecan Ball Cookies with measured ingredients, shortbread shaping and clear oven cues for a holiday cookie box.
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Butter Pecan Sandies
Butter Pecan Sandies with measured ingredients, drop shaping and clear oven cues for a holiday cookie box.
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Chocolate Chip Peppermint Snowball Cookies
Pecan snowballs hide miniature chocolate chips and crushed peppermint candy beneath a double powdered-sugar coating.
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Classic Pecan Snowball Cookies
Small buttery pecan cookies receive powdered sugar while warm and again after cooling for a snowy finish.
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German Vanillekipferl
German Vanillekipferl with measured ingredients, crescent shaping and clear oven cues for a holiday cookie box.
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Greek Kourabiedes
Greek Kourabiedes with measured ingredients, shortbread shaping and clear oven cues for a holiday cookie box.
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Midnight Chocolate Snowballs
Midnight Chocolate Snowballs with measured ingredients, drop shaping and clear oven cues for a holiday cookie box.
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Paleo Pecan Snowball Cookies
Paleo Pecan Snowball Cookies with measured ingredients, shortbread shaping and clear oven cues for a holiday cookie box.
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Peanut Butter Snowball Cookies
Peanut Butter Snowball Cookies: round peanut butter shortbread cookies under a snowy powdered-sugar coating, with measured ingredients and a complete batch method.
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Snowball Peanut Butter Blossoms
Snowball Peanut Butter Blossoms: sugar-rolled peanut butter cookies with a chocolate center, with measured ingredients and a complete batch method.
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Candied Ginger Macadamia Crescent Cookies
Buttery crescents combine crunchy macadamia pieces with bright candied ginger for a rich, aromatic cookie tin addition.
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Cherry Almond Snowball Shortbread Cookies
Powdered sugar-coated shortbread rounds hide a small dried cherry and toasted almond center, giving each snowball a surprise filling.
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Hazelnut Christmas Shortbread Crescents
Finely ground hazelnuts replace flour in a hand-shaped crescent dough with a delicate, nut-rich crumb.
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Toasted Coconut Cardamom Crescents
Toasted coconut and fragrant cardamom give these hand-shaped crescents a tender crumb and a gently crisp edge.
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Walnut Christmas Shortbread Snowballs
Finely chopped walnuts and two powdered-sugar coats make tender shortbread snowballs for Christmas.
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Sugar Cookie Snowballs
Small eggless sugar-cookie rounds with a fine double coating of confectioners’ sugar.
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Powdered Sugar Cookies
Tender powdered-sugar cut-out cookies with a fine crumb, a hint of lemon and an optional snowy sugar dusting.
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Melting Moments Sugar Cookies
Tiny butter-rich melting-moment cookies with a delicate cornstarch crumb and snowy powdered finish.
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Almond Shortbread Crescents
Hand-shaped almond butter crescents with a tender short crumb and a thin snowy sugar finish.
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Italian-Style Walnut Snowballs
Small walnut butter cookies rolled in powdered sugar for a snowy holiday finish.
Save these ideas for a cookie exchange, a holiday dessert table or a homemade gift box.