Welcome friends to the first day of Christmas Cookies Week! You may know, if you’ve stopped by before, that I love cookie baking! I am a fan of all things, cookie-eating, so I like to make them to help this happen. LOL! I am sharing my newest recipe with you today, and it’s a keeper! Little round cookie bites covered in a sweet cocoa powder….So good! Actually, this is one recipe that I will have to make again…everyone in my house loved it too much, and now I have none left for the cookie trays!

Before I share the recipe, I have to give a big Thank you to Ellen at Family Around the Table and Christie at A Kitchen Hoor’s Adventures for hosting #ChristmasCookiesWeek, and before I give the recipe deets…

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This post is sponsored on behalf of #ChristmasCookiesWeek. The generous sponsors, YumGoggle, Sprinkle Pop, Silpat and Adams Extracts have provided these bloggers with products for recipe creation and a giveaway (over) for our readers. As always, all opinions are my own.

Now, shall I share my delicious recipe with you all?!

Here’s what you need:

• 2 cups all purpose flour
• 1/2 cup white sugar
• 1/2 cup cocoa, plus another 1/4 cup reserved for dusting
• 1 tsp. instant coffee powder
• 14 tablespoons margarine (or butter if you prefer), softened and cut to pieces
• 1 egg white
• 1 TBSP vanilla
• 1/2 cup mini-chocolate chips
• 1/4 cup powdered sugar

Here’s what you do:

Adapted from the book, Rosie’s Bakery, Judy Rosenberg (1996), I used margarine, egg white, added vanilla (of course!!), and doubled the cocoa that I used IN the cookie.

1. Preheat your oven to 350*.Prepare a baking sheet with parchment or silpat. Set aside.
2. In a food processor (not mixer) add: flour, sugar, 1/2 cup of cocoa, and coffee powder. Mix until combined.
3. Add the butter, breaking it up in pieces, and pulse until crumbly.
4. While the processor is running, add the egg white and vanilla through the tube. Stop the machine, scrape if needed and add the chocolate chips. Process just a bit more to incorporate. Remove the dough from the mixer.
5. Scoop out teaspoons of the batter, and roll in your hands into balls and place 2-inches apart on your prepared sheet. Bake for 18-20 minutes at 350*. They don’t flatten, but will be firm. Remove to a rack to cool. When they are totally cooled, place 3-4 cookies in a ziplock bag filled with the reserved cocoa and confectioner sugar. Zip and shake until coated. Remove to a cookie plate or freeze up to 2 weeks.

Chocolate Snowball Cookies

Hardly A Goddess

This little round cookie is just the right size and sweetness for your cookie tray or just to make any time you need just a little chocolate fix!

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Course Dessert

Cuisine American

Ingredients

  

• 2 cups all purpose flour
• 1/2 cup white sugar
• 1/2 cup cocoa plus another 1/4 cup reserved for dusting
• 1 tsp. instant coffee powder
• 14 tablespoons margarine or butter if you prefer, softened and cut to pieces
• 1 egg white
• 1 TBSP vanilla
• 1/2 cup mini-chocolate chips
• 1/4 cup powdered sugar

Instructions

 

• Preheat your oven to 350*.Prepare a baking sheet with parchment or silpat. Set aside.
• In a food processor (not mixer) add: flour, sugar, 1/4 cup of cocoa, and coffee powder. Mix until combined.
• Add the butter, breaking it up in pieces, and pulse until crumbly.
• While the processor is running, add the egg white and vanilla through the tube. Stop the machine, scrape if needed and add the chocolate chips. Process just a bit more to incorporate. Remove the dough from the mixer.
• Scoop out teaspoons of the batter, and roll in your hands into balls and place 2-inches apart on your prepared sheet. Bake for 18-20 minutes at 350*. They don't flatten, but will be firm. Remove to a rack to cool. When they are totally cooled, place 3-4 cookies in a ziplock bag filled with the reserved confectioner sugar and cocoa. Zip and shake until coated. Remove to a cookie plate or freeze up to 2 weeks.

Notes

Adapted from the book, Rosie's Bakery, Judy Rosenberg (1996), I used margarine, egg white, added vanilla (of course!!), and doubled the cocoa that I used IN the cookie.

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So if that didn’t inspire you, maybe these great recipes from the other #ChristmasCookieWeek Bloggers will!:

#ChristmasCookiesWeek Monday Recipes

• Ach Tannebaum’ Iced Sugar Cookies by Culinary Adventures with Camilla
• Brown Sugar Ornament Cookies by Jolene’s Recipe Journal
• Butter Pecan Nuggets by Grumpy’s Honeybunch
• Chocolate Candy Cane Kiss Cookies by Soulfully Made
• Chocolate Crinkle Cookies by Everyday Eileen
• Chocolate Dipped Peppermint Cookies by Tip Garden
• Chocolate Espresso Brown Sugar Cookies by Faith, Hope, Love, & Luck Survive Despite a Whiskered Accomplice
• Chocolate Snowball Cookies by Hardly A Goddess
• Chocolate-Cherry Snowballs by Red Cottage Chronicles
• Christmas Macarons by A Day in the Life on the Farm
• Christmas Rosette Sugar Cookies by Love and Confections
• Christmas Sprinkle Pudding Cookies by Jonesin’ For Taste
• Classic Spritz by Books n’ Cooks
• Dark Chocolate Coffee Crinkle Cookies by Daily Dish Recipes
• Frostbite Cookies by Cooking With Carlee
• Gingerbread Macaron by A Kitchen Hoor’s Adventures
• Hot Chocolate Cookies by Family Around The Table
• Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Skillet Cookie by Caroline’s Cooking
• Oatmeal Rolled Sugar Cookies by House of Nash Eats
• Peanut Butter Cutout Cookies by Bear & Bug Eats
• Peppermint Cookie Dough Truffles by Cindy’s Recipes and Writings
• Peppermint Meltaways by Hezzi-D’s Books and Cooks
• Peppermint Pizzelles by Girl Abroad
• Peppermint Thins by Palatable Pastime
• Pistachio Cranberry Macaron by Yumgoggle
• Sour Cream Decorated Cookies by The Freshman Cook
• Spiced Chocolate Molasses Cookies by Karen’s Kitchen Stories
• Vegan Frosted Sugar Cookie Bars by The Baking Fairy
• Chocolate Dipped Gingerbread Shortbread by Kate’s Recipe Box
• White Chocolate Gingerbread Blondies by The Redhead Baker
• Whoville Cookies by Strawberry Blondie Kitchen