Almond Snowball Cookies

Name: Almond Snowball Cookies
Prep time: 2 h 10 min
Cook time: 2 h 10 min
Total time: 2 h 10 min
Yield: 30
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 0 teaspoons almond extract; 177 milliliters sliced almonds; 237 milliliters confectioners sugar; 394 milliliters all-purpose flour; 1 teaspoons fine salt; 177 milliliters sugar; 177 milliliters unsalted butter, sliced and softened (1 1/2 sticks); 1 teaspoons pure vanilla extract

Need a vegetarian dessert? Almond Snowball Cookies could be a spectacular recipe to try. One portion of this dish contains around 2g of protein, 6g of fat, and a total of 122 calories. This recipe serves 30. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 2 hours and 10 minutes. If you have almond extract, flour, confectioners' sugar, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it.

Instructions

Pulse the almonds and sugar in a food processor until very finely ground.

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Almonds

Sugar

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Food Processor

Add the butter and process until smooth, about 1 minute. Scrape the dough off the inside of the bowl, if needed.

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Butter

Dough

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Bowl

Add the vanilla and almond extracts and pulse to combine.

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Vanilla

Almonds

Add the flour and salt and pulse to make a soft dough. Turn the dough out onto a large piece of waxed paper and roll into a log about 15 inches long and 1 1/2 inches wide. Wrap and refrigerate for 30 minutes.

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Dough

All Purpose Flour

Roll

Salt

Wrap

Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F. Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper.

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Baking Paper

Baking Sheet

Oven

Cut the chilled dough into 1/2-inch pieces and roll by hand into balls. Space the cookies evenly on the prepared baking sheets and bake until slightly golden, rotating the sheets once, 15 to 20 minutes.

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Dough

Roll

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Baking Sheet

Oven

Put the confectioners' sugar in a pie plate. Briefly cool the cookies on a rack, then gently toss in the confectioners' sugar until evenly coated. Return to rack, cool to room temperature, and then toss again in the confectioners' sugar.

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Powdered Sugar