Cherry Snowball Cookies

Ingredients

• 0.5 cup butter softened
• 1.3 cups confectioners' sugar divided
• 1 cup flour all-purpose
• 15  maraschino cherries finely chopped
• 0.3 cup cooking oats quick
• 1 pinch salt 
• 0.3 cup coconut or sweetened finely chopped
• 0.3 cup walnuts finely chopped

Equipment

• baking sheet
• baking paper
• oven
• hand mixer

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
2. Beat 1/4 cup confectioner's sugar and butter with an electric mixer until smooth.
3. Add flour; beat for 5 seconds.
4. Add oats; beat for 5 seconds.
5. Add coconut; beat for 5 seconds.
6. Add walnuts; beat for 5 seconds.
7. Add salt; beat for 5 seconds.
8. Mix cherries into the butter mixture, beating until dough comes together and turns light pink from cherries, about 25 seconds.
9. Drop spoonfuls of the dough 2 inches apart onto prepared baking sheets.
10. Bake in preheated oven until slightly golden, 18 minutes.
11. Remove from oven.
12. Pour remaining 1 cup confectioners' sugar into a shallow dish; roll warm cookies in sugar to coat. After rolling all of the cookies once, roll again in confectioners' sugar to coat.