Cream Cheese Snowball Cookies

Name: Cream Cheese Snowball Cookies
Total time: 30
Yield: 24
Ingredients: 1 cup confectioners' sugar; ½ cup finely-chopped walnuts (Optional); ½ cup vegetable shortening (such as Crisco®); ½ cup butter, softened; ½ cup cream cheese, softened; ½ cup white sugar; ½ teaspoon almond extract; ½ teaspoon vanilla extract; 1 ½ cups all-purpose flour

Recipe by Mallory Brown from allrecipes.com

Dessert 30 Mins.

Ingredients

24 servings

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1 cup confectioners' sugar
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½ cup finely-chopped walnuts (Optional)
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½ cup vegetable shortening (such as Crisco®)
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½ cup butter, softened
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½ cup cream cheese, softened

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½ cup white sugar
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½ teaspoon almond extract
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½ teaspoon vanilla extract
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1 ½ cups all-purpose flour

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Sift the confectioners' sugar into a shallow bowl, stir in the walnuts, and set aside.
Beat the shortening, butter, cream cheese, and sugar together in a bowl until the mixture is creamy and thoroughly blended. Mix in the almond extract, vanilla extract, and flour; stir to combine. Scoop up dough by rounded tablespoons, and roll into balls about 1 inch in diameter. Place the balls about 1 1/2 inches apart on ungreased baking sheets.
Bake in the preheated oven until the cookies turn slightly golden at the edges, about 6 minutes. Let the cookies cool on the baking sheets for about 1 minute, then roll in the confectioners' sugar-walnut mixture while still a little warm.