Old Fashioned Snowballs Recipes

OLD FASHIONED SNOWBALL COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 ° F
• Place the butter and sugar in a large bowl and cream with an electric mixer. You can also use a stand mixer.
• Add in the water and vanilla extract and mix until combined.
• Then add flour and mix thoroughly.
• Add the chopped nuts and gently stir to combine.
• Chill in the refrigerator for 2 hours
• Roll the chilled dough into 1 inch balls and place on an ungreased cookie sheet.
• Bake for 20 minutes.
• After baking, transfer to a wire rack and cool for 5-10 minutes.
• Then roll in confectioner's sugar.

SNOWBALL OLD FASHIONED

Steps:

• Gingerbread Syrup (yield is approximately 1/2 gallon):
• Crack or smash the dried spices (do not grind).
• Toast dry spices in a dry saucepan over medium­high heat, until aromatic.
• Cool pan, then add water and bring to a boil; allow to boil for 3 minutes.
• Lower heat and add sugar, ginger and molasses and heat again until simmering and sugar has dissolved.
• Cool, then pour through a fine mesh strainer to remove graininess of spices and bottle.
• Snowball Old Fashioned:.
• In a mixing glass, combine all ingredients with cracked ice and stir well.
• Strain into a Miracle double rocks glass, zest lemon over drink then add ice snowball.

ICE CREAM SNOWBALLS

Steps:

• Scoop ice cream into 12 balls. Place on a baking sheet and freeze until solid. Roll in coconut. Garnish with mint if desired.

NAN MAY'S SNOWBALLS

Steps:

• Combine milk, sugar, butter, and cocoa powder in a large pot; bring to a boil for 3 minutes. Stir vanilla extract into the milk mixture; boil another 2 minutes. Remove pot from heat.
• Stir oats and 2 cups coconut into the milk mixture until thoroughly mixed; cool for 5 minutes.
• Spread 1/2 cup coconut onto a plate. Roll the mixture into 24 balls and roll in the coconut. Set on a sheet of parchment paper until finished.

CLASSIC SNOWBALL

Steps:

• Fill a glass with ice and if using, add up to 15ml of lime juice or lime cordial (or to your taste). Pour the advocaat and lemonade over the ice and stir gently until the outside of the glass feels cold.
• Garnish with the maraschino cherry.

SNOWBALLS CAKE

Steps:

• Prepare and bake cake according to package directions, using an ungreased 10-in. tube pan. Immediately invert cake onto a wire rack; cool completely, about 1 hour., Meanwhile, in a large bowl, sprinkle gelatin over cold water; let stand for 1 minute. Stir in boiling water until gelatin is dissolved. Add the pineapple, sugar, lemon juice and salt. Refrigerate until partially thickened, about 40 minutes., In a large bowl, beat whipped topping mixes and milk until stiff. Fold into pineapple mixture. , Run a knife around sides and center tube of cake pan; remove cake from pan and cut into 1-in. cubes. Place half of the cake cubes in a 13-in. x 9-in. dish; top with half of the filling. Repeat layers. Refrigerate for at least 1 hour. , Sprinkle with coconut. Cut into squares; top each with a cherry.

SNOWBALL CAKE I

Steps:

• Line a 4 quart round mixing bowl with parchment paper.
• Break cake up into small bite-sized pieces.
• Drain the crushed pineapple, reserve the syrup. You should have 1 cup of syrup if not add enough water to make 1 cup.
• Dissolve the gelatin in the 4 tablespoons of cold water. Add the boiling water, pineapple syrup, sugar and lemon juice. Mix well and place in the refrigerator until mixture just starts to thicken.
• Add the crushed pineapple to the gelatin mix and then fold in 4 cups of the whipped topping.
• Place a layer of cake pieces, then a layer of the pineapple mixture in the prepared bowl. Continue until all the cake and pineapple mixture is used up. Refrigerate for at least 12 hours or overnight.
• Turn the chilled cake out onto a serving platter and frost it with the remaining whipped topping and sprinkle with the coconut.