Snowball Cookies
Photography Courtesy Culinary.net
Featured in Winter 2026
Ingredients
½ cup shortening
1 cup sugar
1 egg
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2½ cups flour
¼ teaspoon salt
½ teaspoon baking soda
½ cup Greek yogurt
3¾ cups powdered sugar
½ cup butter
3 tablespoons milk
2 teaspoons coconut extract
1 cup shredded coconut
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400°F. Cream together shortening, sugar, egg, and vanilla extract.
- Sift together flour, salt, and baking soda. Add mixture to wet ingredients and stir in Greek yogurt.
- Flour a surface and roll out cookie dough. Use the top of a jar or a biscuit cutter to make round cookie shapes.
- Bake 8 minutes. Transfer to a cooling rack immediately.
- In a medium bowl mix powdered sugar, butter, milk, and coconut extract with a mixer until thoroughly combined. Beat on high until frosting is smooth and fluffy.
- Spread frosting on cooled cookies. Pour shredded coconut into a small bowl. Press each cookie, frosting side down, into shredded coconut. Store in an airtight container. Makes 24 cookies.
Recipe courtesy Culinary.net
