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.