Almond Snowball Cookies

November 07, 2016 By:

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Tagged: Christmas Cookies Butter Almonds Flour Baked Baked Mexican Sugar Cookies Easter Christmas Sugar Cookies Nuts Vegetarian Mexican Christmas Flour Desserts
Prep:
60 minutes
Cook:
15 minutes
Serves:
26
These cookies are a staple in our family around the holidays. Most people make their snowball cookies with pecans, but my mom always made hers with almonds. I love the unique taste and texture of the almonds and it gives the cookies a little something extra. The cookies will simply melt in your mouth and good luck just eating one!

Ingredients

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Directions

  1. Gather your ingredients
  2. Cream butter and sugar together using an electric mixer.
  3. Make sure there are no butter lumps. Use room temperature butter for a better consistency.
  4. Grind almonds (or use almond flour)
  5. Mix in the flour, cinnamon, pecans, and salt to mixer.
  6. Add vanilla extract and almond extract.
  7. Cover and refrigerate dough for approximately one hour.
  8. Heat oven to 350 degrees.
  9. Scoop tablespoon sized dough balls onto a baking sheet and form them into a ball. Bake 12-14 minutes and allow them to cook completely.
  10. Coat the cooled cookies in powdered sugar.
  11. Enjoy!