The Best Snowball Cookies with Pistachios and Cardamom

Pistachio Snowball Cookies

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Do you love a good snowball cookie? Simple and yet somehow just a few ingredients create a cookie that just melts in your mouth. Add rose and cardamom, and just wow!

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Here are all the ingredients you need to make snowball cookies with rose, cardamom and pistachio! Not many and they come together in so quickly!

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Prep pistachios – toast and finely chop. I use a mini food processor or you can just use an old-fashioned knife 😉

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Sift confectioners’ sugar and flour. In a stand mixer, combine the butter, sugar, rose and cardamom. Then add the flour and salt, then the pistachios – mix by hand if necessary.

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Chill the dough – from 1/2 hour to overnight or longer. Then roll into balls and place on a parchment-lined tray.

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Bake for 8-12 minutes, depending on whether you like the original melt-away texture or my MIL's "burnt" approach.

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Let the cookies cool until you can easily handle them. Roll in powdered sugar. When serving, sift another layer of sugar on top.

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