Skip to content

Recipes

Easy & Tasty Recipes

Menu
  • Home
  • Healthy Recipes
    • Baking Recipes
    • Air Fryer Recipes
    • Soup Recipes
    • Instant Pot Recipes
    • Salad Recipes
  • Keto Recipes
  • Gluten Free
Menu

ITALIAN CHRISTMAS ALMOND COOKIES

Posted on November 16, 2022

These little dusty cookies have some names, butterballs, snowballs or Italian Wedding Cookies. They are very similar to Mexican Wedding Cookies and Russian Tea Cakes, but instead of pecans, they are made with chopped almonds and ground almonds.

SERVINGS: 8

INGREDIENTS:

  • 1/2 cup blanched slivered or sliced
    almonds
  • 1 cup  margarine
  • 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour*
  • 1/2 cup powdered sugar, plus
    extra for dusting
  • 1 tsp. pure almond or vanilla
    extract
  • 1/4 tsp. salt
    *For a gluten-free alternative,
    substitute gluten-free all-purpose
    flour plus 1/4 tsp. xanthan gum.

DIRECTIONS:

Preheat the oven to 350°F.

Line two or three large baking sheets with parchment paper.

Pulse almonds in a food processor until very finely ground.

Process the margarine, flour, 1/2 cup powdered sugar, almond extract, and salt until the dough comes together, stopping to scrape down the sides as needed.

Scoop about 1 rounded tablespoon of dough at a time onto the prepared baking sheets, leaving about 2 inches between each scoop.

Bake for 12 to 15 minutes, or until the edges are lightly golden.

Remove from the oven and sift powdered sugar over the warm cookies.

Allow to cool before dusting with powdered sugar again.

NUTRITIONAL VALUES
Calories: 368kcal
Fat: 25.9g (4g S.Fat)
Carbs: 30.7g
Protein: 3.9g
Sugar: 11.4g
Sodium: 340mg

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Recent Posts

  • Instant Pot Baked Potatoes
  • Air Fryer Fried Deviled Eggs
  • AIR FRYER MEATLOAF
  • CRISPY AIR FRYER COD
  • Air Fryer Parmesan Garlic Potatoes

Recent Comments

  1. A WordPress Commenter on Hello world!

Archives

  • May 2023
  • April 2023
  • March 2023
  • February 2023
  • January 2023
  • December 2022
  • November 2022
  • October 2022
  • September 2022
  • August 2022
  • July 2022

Categories

  • Air Fryer Recipes
  • Desserts Recipes
  • Gluten Free
  • Healthy Recipes
  • Instant Pot
  • Instant Pot Recipes
  • Italian Recipes
  • Italian Recipes
  • Keto Recipes
  • Salad Recipes
  • Soup Recipes
  • Uncategorized
©2023 Recipes | Design: Newspaperly WordPress Theme