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Snowballs for July

A sweet biscuit-like treat made from butter, sugar, Bisquick, nuts, and almond extract, rolled in confectioners' sugar.

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Why it works: Nuts and almond work together. They rank in the top 6% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 394 recipes. Both carry 2,3-pentanedione, which smells butter, sweet. The science ↓

Snowballs for July

Oven375°F
Time10-12 minutes

Ingredients

Directions

Make the dough

  1. Heat oven to 375°F.

  2. Cream butter and sugar.

  3. Stir in baking mix, nuts and almond extract.

  4. Shape dough by level teaspoonfuls into balls.

  5. Place on ungreased baking sheet.

Bake and coat

  1. Bake 10-12 minutes.

  2. Cool slightly before removing from baking sheet.

  3. While warm, roll each ball in confectioners' sugar.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

184Calories
1 gProtein
15 gFat
13 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 4 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Walnut1 walnut half (4g)26
Almond1 almond (1.2g)7

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

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Steps grouped into stages for easier reading; the method is the source's own.

Explore the science

The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

  1. Nuts + almondtop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together394 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,3-pentanedione (butter, sweet).

  2. Butter + almondtop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together9,245 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,3-pentanedione (butter, sweet).

  3. Butter + sugartop 17% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together98,233 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

  4. Sugar + almondtop 18% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together15,679 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-penten-3-one (fish, pungent).

  5. Butter + nutstop 19% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,291 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,3-pentanedione (butter, sweet).

Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs

What each ingredient does

Butter
Softens and enriches the dough, adding tenderness and a rich flavor.
Sugar
Creams with the butter and adds sweetness and a tender crumb.
Bisquick baking mix
Provides the flour and leavening that give the dough its structure.
Nuts
Add texture and a toasty, nutty flavor to the cookies.

The step that matters

Roll while warm. The cookies are still soft when warm, so the confectioners' sugar clings and forms an even coating. Once fully cooled the sugar can look patchy or fall off unevenly.

Swap the nuts

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (butter, sugar, almond):

  1. Pistachiofits better
  2. Brazil nutfits better
  3. Cashew nutfits better
  4. Nutsthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against butter, sugar, almond. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.

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