Italian Butterball Cookies

Ingredients

• Servings: 48


• 1 stick butter


• 3/4 cup confectioners' sugar


• 1 egg


• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract


• 1 teaspoon almond extract


• 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour


• 2 teaspoons baking powder


• 1 pinch salt


• 1/4 cup confectioners' sugar

Recipe

Preparation Time: 15 mins
Cook Time: 10 mins
Ready Time: 55 mins



• preheat an oven to 350 degrees f (175 degrees c). grease a baking sheet.


• beat together the butter and 3/4 cup confectioners' sugar with an electric mixer in a large bowl until smooth. add the egg, vanilla extract, and almond extract. stir together the flour, baking powder, and salt in a bowl and mix into the butter mixture until just incorporated. shape the dough into 1-inch balls and arrange on the prepared baking sheet spaced about 2 inches apart.


• bake in the preheated oven until firm, about 10 minutes. cool on the sheet for 10 minutes before removing to cool completely on a wire rack.


• spread the 1/4 cup confectioners sugar on a plate; roll the cooled cookies in the confectioners' sugar to coat.