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Snowball Cookies Without Nuts (Milky Arabic Cookies)

The most delicious snowball cookies without nuts that you'll ever make! These 4-ingredient snowball cookies are buttery, melt in your mouth, and are so easy to make (no chilling required)! Although these are nut-free snowball cookies, they're rich in flavor with my secret ingredient, powdered milk!
Prep Time30 minutes
Cook Time15 minutes
Servings: 45 cookies
Author: Bea & Marco

Ingredients

  • 1 ⅓ cup unsalted butter , room temperature
  • 1 cup powdered milk
  • 2 ¼ cup all-purpose flour
  • 1 cup powdered sugar

Instructions

  • Line a baking pan with parchment paper. Preheat the oven to 350ºF (175ºC), using top and bottom heat, without the fan.

Cookies

  • Place butter in a stand mixer bowl, and mix for 4-5 minutes until fluffy using a paddle attachment on medium speed. Add in powdered milk and continue mixing for 1-2 minutes.
  • Add flour in 2 additions, mixing well after each addition, using the lowest speed. You'll get a crumbly dough. Grab 1 tablespoon of dough, press it in your hands, and roll it into a ball. The heat from your hands will bring the dough together.
  • Place the balls on the prepared pan.

Bake

  • Bake on a lower ⅔ rack for 15 minutes or until the bottom edges of the cookies are brown. Remove from the oven.

Coat

  • Put the powdered sugar in a small bowl. Wait for 4-5 minutes or until the cookies are warm to the touch.
  • Coat them in powdered sugar one by one, and leave them to cool completely on the baking pan. Give the cookies a second coating in the powdered sugar. Enjoy!

Notes

  1. Use the spoon and level method for cup measurements. A good kitchen scale is better because it's more precise.
  2. Use a portable oven thermometer to get the accurate oven temperature.
  3. The dough will be crumbly at first, the heat of your hands will soften the butter and brings the dough together to form perfect balls.
  4. The first coating with powdered sugar should be when the cookies are still warm.
  5. The second coating with powdered sugar should be when the cookies are completely cooled.

Nutrition

Calories: 100.9kcal | Carbohydrates: 9g | Protein: 1.5g | Fat: 6.6g | Saturated Fat: 4.2g | Cholesterol: 18.2mg | Sodium: 12.1mg | Potassium: 48.8mg | Fiber: 0.2g | Sugar: 3.9g | Calcium: 30.1mg | Iron: 0.3mg