Recipe: Snowball Stout Cookies

Oct 11

Get ready to jingle those taste buds because the festive fiesta is in full swing!

Picture this: holiday cheer, fresh-baked delights, and the secret ingredient that turns ordinary cookies into a party in your mouth—BEER! Oh, yes, we're not messing around. Say hello to our Sasquatch Stout-infused, Candy Cane-twisted, and Cocoa-drenched cookies. Can you even handle the excitement?

These cookies aren't just a snack; they're a holiday mood lifter, a taste sensation that'll make your taste buds do the cha-cha. Whether you're gearing up for Santa's grand entrance or just on a mission to curb that cookie craving, this recipe is not playing—it's sleighing. So, lace up those apron strings and get ready… These goodies are so good; even the Grinch might consider a taste.

INGREDIENTS:

1 cup flour
1/4 cup cocoa
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
1 tsp espresso powder
1/4 granulated sugar
12 ounces of good quality dark chocolate ( around 60% cocoa)
4tbs unsalted butter ( cut into cubes )
2tbs vegetable oil
7 oz of Sasquatch Stout
2 large eggs
1 cup powdered sugar
5-6 Candy Canes

DIRECTIONS:

In a bowl add the flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, salt, espresso powder, and sugar, mix until well combined. Place to the side for later.
Combine the butter, oil and chocolate together in a microwave safe bowl. Microwave for about 20 seconds, repeating if necessary. Make sure to not overheat or the chocolate will become stiff and unusable! After the chocolate is melted to perfection, slowly add the Sasquatch Stout and stir.
Add your eggs to the chocolate and stir, stir, stir ‘til they’re blended.
Combine your wet and dry ingredients and stir some more making sure they’re mixed well! You may notice some lumps which is totally fine!
Cover your dough with cling wrap and let set in the fridge overnight for best results! If you can’t wait that long to try your yummy cookies, 3 hours in the minimum setting time ( the longer they set the better!!)
Once your dough is set, preheat oven to 350 & pour your icing sugar into a side bowl
Use an ice cream scoop to create dough balls about the size of a golf ball. Roll em’ in your hands to create a ball then dunk them in your icing sugar
Grab your trusty cookie sheet and line with parchment paper
Add your dough balls to the cookie sheet
Bake at 350 for 8-10 minutes ( start with 8 minutes and add time if needed) These cookies are supposed to stay very moist, so keep checking to make sure they’re not over baked! Over baking these guys will result in crumbly dry snowballs
Once cookies are done, take out of the oven and let cool for a bit
Once they are cooled down enough to touch, use your thumb to create circular dents on top of the cookies
Crush up your candy canes ( we suggest placing the candy cane in a Ziploc bag and just going to town- it’s satisfying) Once the candy canes are all crushed up, fill the holes on top with as many candy canes as needed
For extra snow ball effect, grab a sifter and your icing sugar and make it snow on top of your snowballs, then serve and enjoy! Happy Holiday baking!