Angelalmondballs 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.

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.