Christmas Almond Balls
These little balls of sweetness melt on your tongue making you smile.
These Almond Balls a very simple and delicate, almond and buttery cookie.
Christmas Almond Balls are a great choice for the holidays or as a gift anytime of the year.
These are the INGREDIENTS You will need:
- 1 cup of unsalted butter
- 2 cups of flour
- 1/4 cup of powdered sugar
- 1 cup of slivered/sliced almonds
- 1 tea spoon of almond extract
- 1 tea spoon of pure vanilla extract
These are the INSTRUCTIONS For preparation:
- Preheat oven to 325°
- Blend butter and sugar together with a mixer.
- Once blended add the almonds, flour almond, and vanilla extracts and mix with a wooden spoon or spatula.
- Once mixed use hands to roll about 2 table spoons of dough into balls.
- Place on greased baking sheet or baking sheet lined with parchment paper and bake at 325° F until lightly golden on the bottoms. About 15-20 minutes.
- Remove from oven and let cool completely before rolling them in powdered sugar.
Warning- You can’t have just one. So make two batches at a time.
These have quickly become a must have on my Holiday baking list.
Simple ingredients combined together to create a fast and easy preparation.
You have everything you need to make these cookies already in your pantry.
Flour, butter, sugar, nuts, almond and vanilla extract are mixed together, rolled and baked.
Sprinkle in powdered sugar if desired as you place them on a plate.
These can be made any size you wish but will cause cooking time to vary.
You simply will love how easy the kitchen cleanup becomes also.
These tasty cookies that look like snow balls can be taken anywhere. And both melt just as fast!
Use them as a party addition to the dessert table.
They are great for bake sales and auctions for church, teams, and activites the kids have around the holidays.
Your family and friends will gravitate to these over your other baked cookies so make sure to keep extra on hand.
Christmas almond balls come to mind when I need a sweet to dunk in my morning coffee or at night for that late snack.
Serve with cold milk tight away to the kids and avoid the food fight that may start!
Christmas Almond Balls
Ingredients
- 1 cup of unsalted butter
- 2 cups of flour
- 1/4 cup of powdered sugar
- 1 cup of slivered/sliced almonds
- 1 tea spoon of almond extract
- 1 tea spoon of pure vanilla extract
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 325°
- Blend butter and sugar together with a mixer.
- Once blended add the almonds, flour almond, and vanilla extracts and mix with a wooden spoon or spatula.
- Once mixed use hands to roll about 2 table spoons of dough into balls.
- Place on greased baking sheet or baking sheet lined with parchment paper and bake at 325° F until lightly golden on the bottoms. About 15-20 minutes.
- Remove from oven and let cool completely before rolling them in powdered sugar.
Notes
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Well, first of all you’re being featured on the Little Cottage Link Party today. Secondly, I was wondering. Should I make these or the traditional wedding cookies? Which recipe do you like best?
Thank you for the feature Kristie! You have brightened my day. Both those recipe are delicious. And almost the same! I think make the ones you can count on being devoured! There isn’t a Christmas cooke I haven’t eaten yet and loved! Enjoy your week and stay safe!!
Thanks for haring, I’m trying these today! I have everything in my pantry for these. Except . . . my almonds are whole. What if I put them in a my little chopper? Do you think it would work with chopped almonds instead of sliced? (Sorry if that is a dumb question 😉 )
Chopping the almonds would be great! I personally don’t like sliced almonds. They make the flavor too almondy and takes away from the powdered sugar on the outside. I think definitely chop them. Make them small so it gives texture but not something left over as the cookie melts in your mouth. Let me know how it turns out!!
These look so yummy, I would love to try 🙂
Thank you Claire! These are easy and addicting. I hope you get a chance to try them. I need to check out that Mocktail for sure.
What a lovely simple but effective recipe, I adore truffles and sweets like this at Christmas, homemade is so much better than store bought selection tins.
I love these because they have powdered sugar and nuts. Thanks for the kind words Rebecca! Enjoy your week.
Such a great recipe, I love Almond Balls! Hope you are having a great week and thanks so much for sharing with us at Full Plate Thursday,461!
Miz Helen
I am glad you like almond balls. Seems I only make them at Christmas! Enjoy your week.
I love these cookies, thank you for the recipe!
I am glad you like the almond balls. They are an oldie but goodie!! Enjoy your week.
I haven’t made these in many years. Thank you for the reminder. I am making this my feature for this week. Thank you for sharing with #omhgww. Pinned and tweeted.
Thank you Clearissa For the feature! I am glad you like the almond balls. Those go faster than all the others this time of year! Enjoy.
I love almond balls. Thanks for the recipe because I didn’t know they were this easy. Definitely going to make them this year!
I am glad to help Alice!! These are so simple you can make them in your sleep. I hope you enjoy them as much as we do! Enjoy your week!
I cannot wait till I try them ! Thank you so much for the recipe dear Marylin.
Happy holiday month to you.
Fabby
I am so happy you want to try these almond balls. They are so delicious! Let me know what you think if you get to try them! Enjoy your week!
I love these cookies! Perfect for dunking in coffee or hot cocoa!
I would love to have you share your Christmas Recipes on the 12 Days of Christmas Cookies Blog Hop Party!
It starts today and goes for 12 Days!
We’re making an eBook with the recipes and a link to the original posts to help promote our contributors…plus you’ll get a free copy!
Hope to see you there…and I hope you are feeling much better!
Thank you so much Lisa! And also for letting me know the party has started. I will definitely be there! I made an ebook on a series we did of bloggers over 50. It was an undertaking for sure. Good Luck!!
Hi Marilyn!
Fortunately for me, my co-host WT Abernathy is creating the eBook!
I’m looking forward to seeing all your wonderful recipes!
I will be adding tomorrow. Sat I get my posts ready and tomorrow are the things I need to “gl back” and bring things up to the new par. The party will be my distraction. (I may need 5 or more. LOL)
THese look like what we called butter balls using pecans. yum. These would be awesome too
Sounds delicious Mandy. Whatever they are called make 2 batches!! Enjoy!
This reminds me of going to my grandma’s house and there would be a card table set up with everyone’s treats on them for us to try. These were always on the table. Thanks for sharing – Pinned!
I love these. You can walk by and pop one in your mouth and let it melt to a size you can bite. The “what?” Eyes were part of the trick. Enjoy!!
Yum, I am adding these cookies to my Christmas baking list.
Pinned!
Merry Christmas,
Kippi
Thanks Kippi! These cookies are worthy of a place on the cookie list! Enjoy.
Yummy! These taste just as delicious as they look, I’m sure. Thank you for sharing the recipe!
Thank you Emily! They sure are. I hope you get to try them. They melt in your mouth. Have a great week!