Dec 29 2008
Post-Christmas Cookies
Need a quick and easy recipe for a LIGHT dessert after eating all those Christmas cookies? I made these last week and they were SO simple to put together! They are delicious and bite size so you don’t feel quite so bad about indulging in more than one. Enjoy!
Prep Time: 1 hour, Total Time: 1 hour 15 min, Makes: 4 dozen cookies
Ingredients:
1 cup butter or margarine, softened
½ cup powdered sugar, small bowl set aside to cover baked cookies in
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 ¼ cups flour
¾ cup finely chopped almonds
¼ teaspoon salt
Instructions:
Heat oven to 400 ºF
Mix butter, ½ cup powdered sugar and the vanilla in a large bowl.
Stir in flour, nuts and salt until dough holds together.
Shape dough into 1-inch balls.
Place 1 inch apart on ungreased cookie sheet.
Bake 10-12 minutes until set but not brown.
Remove from cookie sheet and place on cooling racks.
Roll warm cookies in small bowl of powdered sugar.
