Snowball Cookies

Ingredients

• Cookies:
• 1/2 cup vegetable oil
• 1 1/2 cups ghee (samna)
• 4 tablespoons cornstarch
• 4 tablespoons powdered sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 tablespoon vanilla
• 1 tablespoon baking powder
• Flour
• Chocolate sauce:
• 1 cup ghee (samna)
• 1 cup milk
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 8 tablespoons cocoa powder
• Grated coconut for garnish
• This Snowball Cookies recipe is from a friend and chef of the Sho Tabkhin Al‑Youm community:
• Fatima Abdullah
• Click Fatima's name to visit her page on our site and see all her delicious recipes.
• To watch a video showing how to make qishteh (clotted cream), click this link: Video — how to make qishteh al‑qarisha

Method

1. Start with phase one — preparing the cookie balls: melt the ghee, taking care not to overheat it. In a bowl, combine the melted ghee with the oil, cornstarch, powdered sugar, egg, a dash of vanilla and baking powder and mix. Add the flour in batches and knead until you have a cohesive dough.
2. Shape into small balls, place them on a baking tray lined with parchment paper, and bake them.
3. Phase two: put 1 cup ghee in a pot with the milk, sugar, vanilla and cocoa and mix. After it reaches a boil, keep the chocolate sauce on low heat until it thickens, then remove from the heat.
4. Dip the cookies in the chocolate sauce, then roll them in coconut.
5. Put the snowball cookies in the fridge for about ten minutes until the sauce sets and then serve.
6. Fatima Abdullah
7. To watch a video showing how to make qishteh (clotted cream), click this link: Video — how to make qishteh al‑qarisha.