Almondballs Recipes

ALMOND BALLS

Steps:

• Heat oven to 325°F.
• Spread nuts on baking sheet and toast in the oven until golden brown, 8 to 10 minutes.
• Cool and chop.
• With an electric mixer set at medium low speed, beat butter, sugar, salt and almond extract until creamy.
• On low speed, beat in flour until mixture just comes together.
• Stir in nuts.
• Chill until firm.
• Roll into approximately 1-inch balls.
• Put on ungreased baking sheets.
• Bake until golden brown on bottom, 15 to 18 minutes.
• Cool completely on wire racks.
• Chop chocolate, put in a small bowl and melt in a 250°F oven.
• Put coconut in a bowl.
• Drop cookies, one at a time, into chocolate.
• Coat and remove with a fork, letting excess drip off.
• Drop the cookies into coconut.
• Lightly press coconut onto the cookies.
• Set on a rack to dry.

ALMOND SNOWBALLS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• In a mixing bowl, beat egg whites and salt to soft peaks, then add sugar and beat again until peaks are stiff. Beat in almond flavoring. Using a rubber spatula or wooden spoon, stir in half of the coconut. Sprinkle in the nutmeg and flour, stir, then fold in the remaining coconut.
• Using a melon baller or other small scoop, or working with 2 spoons, form 9 "snowballs" a couple of inches apart on each of 2 cookie sheets. Bake snowballs 12 to 15 minutes, until lightly golden. Remove from oven and garnish each snowball with half a cherry and a couple of slivered almonds. Transfer to a rack or serving plate to cool.

ANGEL ALMOND BALLS

Steps:

• Set oven to 300 degrees.
• Butter a large baking sheet.
• In a large bowl using an electric mixer on medium speed beat butter with 1/2 cup powdered sugar and almond extract until smooth (about 3 minutes).
• In a medium bowl mix the flour with baking powder; add to the creamed mixture; beat until blended.
• Stir in chopped almonds.
• Shape into 1-inch balls and place about 1-inch apart on the buttered baking sheet.
• Bake about 20-25 minutes or until pale golden brown (do not overbake!).
• Let the cookies stand on sheet until cool enough to handle.
• Place about 1-1/2 cups powdered sugar in a shallow dish.
• Roll the warm cookies in powdered sugar evenly to coat all over.
• Set the cookies on racks to cool completely.

ALMOND SNOWBALL COOKIES

Steps:

• Pulse the almonds and sugar in a food processor until very finely ground. Add the butter and process until smooth, about 1 minute. Scrape the dough off the inside of the bowl, if needed. Add the vanilla and almond extracts and pulse to combine. 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.
• Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F. Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper.
• 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. 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.

CHERRY-ALMOND BALLS

Steps:

• In a small bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add vanilla. Combine flour and salt; gradually add to creamed mixture and mix well. Stir in almonds. , Roll 1 teaspoon of dough around each cherry. Place on greased baking sheets. Bake at 325° for 15-20 minutes or until lightly browned. Remove to wire racks to cool slightly; roll in confectioners' sugar.