Lemon Snowball Cookies (Small Batch)
Easy melt-in-your-mouth small batch lemon snowball cookies tossed in powdered sugar are a burst of lemon flavor with a bit of crunch from lemon chocolate chips.
I love my friends, but they sure can be picky eaters. One isn’t a fan of chocolate. One doesn’t like coconut, nuts, or peppermint. One coworker is allergic to coconut. Another is allergic to pineapple. Then of course you got the ones on Weight Watchers, so they rarely eat anything I make.
Then there’s my friend Jen who I have bonded with quite well over the past year, so we exchanged Christmas cookies. The problem is she doesn’t like chocolate, peanut butter, or ginger.
Um, hello? It’s Christmas cookie season! How can you make Christmas cookies without those three ingredients?!
I knew she has a love affair with lemon, so I baked her these small batch Lemon Snowball Cookies.
Think melt-in-your-mouth lemon shortbread cookies coated with powdered sugar. They’re similar to traditional snowball cookies but with a burst of lemon flavor and a bit of crunch.
If you thought I lived in the middle of nowhere, it took my cookies one week (!) to arrive in Texas. One week. Seven days. Those poor, neglected cookies. I was so worried that they would arrive stale.
Then one day I get this message that she wanted the recipe. Now. Then she asked what the crunchy part was. Then five minutes later, she bought lemon chocolate chips to recreate them.
Yes, I said lemon chocolate chips. As I was browsing the one local country market, I found lemon chocolate chips. I had no clue what I was going to do with them, but who sees lemon chocolate chips every day?
The original recipe called for crushed lemon drops, but I used the chips instead. When the cookies are fresh from the oven, they are soft and melted. When they cool, however, they become crunchy.
You can buy lemon chocolate chips online (affiliate link). If you can’t find them or don’t want to special order them, substitute crushed lemon drop candies.
Looking for more snowball cookie recipes? Check out my Cherry Coconut Snowball Cookies (stuffed with a fun surprise!) and Chocolate Chip Snowball Cookies (a more traditional recipe).
Lemon Snowball Cookies
asy melt-in-your-mouth small batch lemon snowball cookies tossed in powdered sugar are a burst of lemon flavor with a bit of crunch from lemon chocolate chips.
Ingredients
- 1/4 cup (2 ounces or 4 tablespoons) unsalted butter, softened
- 3 tablespoons powdered sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon lemon zest
- 1/4 teaspoon lemon extract
- 1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/2 cup all purpose flour
- 1/8 teaspoon salt
- 2 tablespoons lemon chocolate chips or crushed lemon drop candy
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400F degrees. Line one cookie sheet with parchment paper.
- In a large mixing bowl, beat together the butter, 2 tablespoons powdered sugar, and zest until light and creamy, about 2-3 minutes. Beat in the lemon and vanilla extracts.
- Gradually beat in the flour and salt until a dough forms, about 1 minute (it'll look crumbly and dry, but it'll come together.). Add the chocolate chips.
- Using a cookie scoop or your hands, shape the dough into 1 1/2 inch balls. Place on the baking sheet.
- Bake 6-8 minutes or until firm. Cool for a few minutes, then roll in remaining 1 tablespoon powdered sugar. Cool completely.
Source: Adapted from Gold Medal Flour Easy Holiday Gifts
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These were worth the 7 day wait!
I have been on a ca-RAZY lemon kick lately, and I always love cookies :), so this is right up my alley! Pinning to make ASAP :)
Lemon chips?! How did I not know that this existed? I cannot wait to check this out.
Lemon Chocolate Chips . . . who knew?
I learn something every time I come to your site!
Thanks!
Yum! The Bulk Barn by us actually has lemon chips too!
YUMMY! I love anything LEMON! I made Pink Snowball Puffs and Chocolate Chip Snowball Cookies! I will be making these, thanks for sharing!
Oh, I’m so ready for another cookies season and this definitely goes into my list. What a fun combo between lemon and choco chips. Yum!
How cool are these. My husband and I don’t like coconut or mint either. He also hates nutmeg. Go figure.
these cookies were delicious. i will definitely make a double batch the next time i make them because i only ended up with 8 cookies (i didn’t use any lemon chips or candy). they also fell apart a little when i tried to roll them in the sugar.
Glad you enjoyed them! I used a cookie scoop to keep the size consistent.
These look pretty amazing. I like lemon but I’ll take the chocolate and peanut butter ones and give these to Jen. Just ship all the others to New York. ;)
I’m thinking about it…and I want some! I want a handful of these gorgeous melt-in-your-mouth cookies.
I just found you over on G+ and I’m hooked! These are gorgeous cookies. Pinned!
There would be no way… NO FLIPPIN’ WAY, that these cookies would cool down enough for the chips to get crunchy. Warm lemon cookies? Umm.. hello OBSESSION! <3
Yea I preferred them warm too, but I did save some for later ;)