Paleo & low-carb Snowball Cookies

Free of gluten, grain, dairy, and even sugar!

You may know them as Mexican wedding cookies, Italian wedding cookies, Russian tea cakes, Butterballs, or Melt-Aways. Recipes calling for simple ingredients are often the treats that pack the biggest punch. These little gems are no exception! Whatever you may call them, these holiday favorites are sure to please everyone!                           

Wholesome. Delicious. And did I mention how easy they are to make?

 

Snowball Cookie Recipe

2/3 cup butter, softened (Earth Balance, soy free)

¼ cup granular Lakanto Golden *see substitutions 

2 tsp vanilla 

2 Tbsp water

1 Tbsp flax, ground

2 cups almond flour

3/4 cup arrowroot flour*

½ cup chopped nuts (this is where you can get creative- see below)

½ cup powdered sweetener (Swerve, Powdered Lakanto) 

 

 

Directions

1. Cream butter and sugar with a mixer.

2. Add dry ingredients, making sure to scrape creamed butter away from the sides of the bowl. Mixture will look crumbly.

3. Add vanilla and water and continue to mix until well distributed and the dough starts to stick together a little bit more. *Note: dough will be more crumbly than traditional cookie dough.

4. Mix in the nuts.

5. Roll into balls by the Tbsp (a small cookie dough scoop works nicely) and place onto a parchment lined cookie sheet. Cover with plastic wrap and chill for at least 30 min. *Note- Chilling dough prior to baking will maintain a nice ball shape.

6. Preheat your oven to 325°

7. Bake for 12-15 minutes, or until slightly browned. Let cookies cool.

8. When cookies are still slightly warm, roll in powdered sweetener. This allows for the sugar to melt into the warm butter. After cooling completely, roll through powdered sweetener a second time for a powdery snowball-look and a delightful taste!  *Note: rolling dough twice is optional, you may opt to let cookies cool completely and roll only once.

 

 

Substitutions

Arrowroot can be replaced with 2 Tbsp coconut flour.

Coconut, maple, erythritol, Lakanto granular, & Swerve granular sugar can all be used interchangeably.

All CorEats recipes use vegan butter like Earth Balance, but regular butter can replace vegan butter equally.

Nuts- Use YOUR favorite! I like a mix of walnuts, almonds, and pecans.  If you opt to use only almonds, try replacing the vanilla extract with almond extract.  If you decide to go all pecan, you will end up with a cookie very similar to Pecan Sandies!

For nut free variation, replace the almond and arrowroot with ½ cup coconut flour and the ½ cup chopped nuts with toasted coconut.

 

Get creative!

Add dark mini chocolate chips. 

Roll dough in crushed candy canes before baking. You could even mix the candy cane pieces right into the dough!

Don’t care for nuts? Replace chopped nuts with toasted coconut for a fun twist. This is especially good if you opt to use coconut flour.