Cherry Snowball Cookies

Name: Cherry Snowball Cookies
Total time: 40
Yield: 18
Ingredients: 1 ¼ cups confectioners' sugar, divided; ½ cup butter, softened; 1 cup all-purpose flour; ¼ cup quick cooking oats; ¼ cup finely chopped sweetened coconut; ¼ cup finely chopped walnuts; 1 pinch salt; 15 maraschino cherries, finely chopped

Recipe by Holiday Baker from allrecipes.com

Dessert 40 Mins.

Ingredients

18 servings

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1 ¼ cups confectioners' sugar, divided
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½ cup butter, softened
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1 cup all-purpose flour
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¼ cup quick cooking oats

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¼ cup finely chopped sweetened coconut
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¼ cup finely chopped walnuts
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1 pinch salt
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15 maraschino cherries, finely chopped

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
Beat 1/4 cup confectioner's sugar and butter with an electric mixer until smooth. Add flour; beat for 5 seconds. Add oats; beat for 5 seconds. Add coconut; beat for 5 seconds. Add walnuts; beat for 5 seconds. Add salt; beat for 5 seconds.
Mix cherries into the butter mixture, beating until dough comes together and turns light pink from cherries, about 25 seconds.
Drop spoonfuls of the dough 2 inches apart onto prepared baking sheets.
Bake in preheated oven until slightly golden, 18 minutes. Remove from oven. Pour remaining 1 cup confectioners' sugar into a shallow dish; roll warm cookies in sugar to coat. After rolling all of the cookies once, roll again in confectioners' sugar to coat.