スノーボール クッキー (Snowball Cookies)

Yupz, made a batch of snowball cookies for the sake of my Japanese homework (... erm... to take photos.. that's why...) Got the recipe from a Japanese site for desserts. Can have a look if you understand Japanese(or use babel fish to translate the page... But I can't guarantee you can get an accurate translation...).


Looks yummy, isn't it? It DOES taste yummy.

Will post my rendition of the recipe soon. (Slightly different from the original recipe)

Recipe: Snowball cookies
If you follow my recipe, you'll get 10 big white snowball cookies and 20 small chocolate snowball cookies.

Ingredients:

^^For white snowballs^^

Unsalted butter ..... About 55g
Plain flour ..... About 55g
Granule sugar ..... About 25g (15g if u prefer less sweet)
Vanilla Essence ..... About 1/4 teaspoon
Freshly squeezed orange juice ..... About 4 teaspoons
Icing sugar ..... For sprinkling

^^For chocolate snowballs^^

Unsalted butter ..... About 55g
Plain flour ..... About 55g
Granule sugar ..... About 25g (15g if u prefer less sweet)
Cocoa powder ..... About 10g to 15g (depending on how chocolate-y you like)
Chocolate chips ..... About 20g (or however chocolate-y you like)
Icing sugar ..... For sprinkling

Directions:

For white snowballs ->

Preparation:
- Leave butter aside till it's soft.

1. Cream the butter.
2. Add granule sugar and mix thoroughly.
3. Add the sieved flour and mix thoroughly till you get a dough (pretty soft consistency).
4. Mix in vanilla essence and orange juice.
5. Wrap the dough in a translucent wrap or put the dough into a transparent ziplock bag. Use a rolling pin and roll the dough into a 1cm thick square or rectangle. Put the wrap/bag into the refrigerator and cool for at least 30 minutes to harden.
6. Just before taking the dough out of the wrap, preheat the oven to 170 degrees celsius.
6. Take the dough out of the wrap, and cut it into 10 equal pieces.
7. Roll each piece into a ball (or try to shape them into a slightly rounder shape if it's not easy to handle) and put them onto a lined baking tray.
8. Bake at 170 degree celsius for 20 minutes.
9. Wait for the cookies to cool down and harden before sprinkling the icing sugar over them.

For chocolate snowballs ->

Preparation:
- Sieve plain flour and cocoa powder together.
- Leave butter aside till it's soft.

1. Cream the butter.
2. Add granule sugar and mix thoroughly.
3. Add the sieved flour and cocoa powder, and mix thoroughly till you get a dough (pretty soft consistency).
4. Mix in the chocolate chips lightly.
5. Wrap the dough in a translucent wrap or put the dough into a transparent ziplock bag. Use a rolling pin and roll the dough into a 1cm thick square or rectangle. Put the wrap/bag into the refrigerator and cool for at least 30 minutes to harden.
6. Just before taking the dough out of the wrap, preheat the oven to 170 degrees celsius.
6. Take the dough out of the wrap, and cut it into 20 equal pieces.
7. Roll each piece into a ball (or try to shape them into a slightly rounder shape if it's not easy to handle) and put them onto a lined baking tray.
8. Bake at 170 degree celsius for 20 minutes.
9. Wait for the cookies to cool down and harden before sprinkling the icing sugar over them.

Enjoy!

Note: If you prefer your cookies less sweet, you can opt out the icing sugar (which would not make your cookies look like snowballs though...) or reduce the granule sugar slightly.