Enjoy … these are wonderful! I like to use almonds, but you can experiment with other nuts, if you like.
Servings: 18
Ingredients:
- 6 tablespoons ( or 85g ) butter
- 1 / 2 cup ( or 100g ) white sugar
- 1 egg yolk
- 1 tablespoon ( or 15ml ) cream
- 1 / 2 teaspoon ( or 3ml ) vanilla extract
- 1 cup ( or 125g ) all – purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon ( or 5g ) baking powder
- 1 / 3 cup ( or 30g ) chopped almonds
- 1 / 3 cup ( or 40g ) confectioners’ sugar for decoration
Directions:
- Cream the butter and sugar together. Add the yolk, cream and vanilla. Beat well. Add the nuts, flour and baking powder.
- Chill the dough for about 1 hour.
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F ( 180 degrees C ).
- Mold dough into little round balls. Place on ungreased cookie sheets and bake for 12 minutes.
- As you take the balls off of the cookies sheet, drop them into a bowl of confectioner’s sugar. Roll them around until they are completely covered. Remove and cool on a rack.
