Recipes

These are light and quite sweet. Make them mouth-size bites as they can get crumbly.

1/2 c powdered sugar

1 c butter

2 tsp vanilla

2 c all purpose flour

1 c finely ground almonds (or pecans)

1/4 tsp salt

Oven at 325

1. Cream butter & sugar with vanilla until light & fluffy

2. Add flour, almonds and salt. Mix until dough holds together.

3. Shape into 1” balls & place on cookie sheet

4. Bake 15-20 min

5. Cool slightly, about 5 min. Roll in extra powdered sugar

6. Cool completely. Roll in more powdered sugar.

Yields about 5 dozen balls

Variations I've done:

- Substitute almond extract for vanilla

- Use a mix of cocoa and powdered sugar on outside when using pecans inside

- Use rum extract when using pecans