Russian Tea Cake

These snowball cookies taste just like Christmas.

Things you will need to make this delicious cookies :Almonds,All purpose flour,Butter,Powdered sugar,Salt and Vanilla extract.

 Spread 1/4 cup Almonds in a single layer on a baking pan and bake at 400 degrees F for 7 to 8 minutes.

Throw the toasted nuts into a blender or food processor

Measure 1/2 cup All purpose flour and from that take 1 Tbsp of flour ..

and add it to the food processor

and grind them up in until they have become smooth and fine powder.

Next, in a medium bowl beat 1/4 cup room temperature butter.

To this add 1 1/2 Tbsp Powdered sugar

Mix it until they are thick and smooth.

To this add the measured All purpose flour

1/2 tsp Vanilla extract

1/8 tsp Salt

Mix everything together.

Finally add the powdered almonds.

Once again mix everything together until they are nice and moist and ready to roll.

Roll mixture into quarter size balls.

You should get 12 out of it.

And bake it at 350 degrees F for 12 minutes.

Cool slightly on a wire rack .The cookies will be slightly brown on the bottom.

Roll the warm cookies in powdered sugar to give them a nice coating.

A perfect cookie to include on a Christmas party menu.

RECIPE (Taken from www.allrecipes.com )

Ingredients:

• Almond - 1/4 Cup
• All purpose flour - 1/2 Cup
• Butter - 1/4 Cup
• Powdered Sugar - 1 1/ 2 Tbsp
• Vanilla extract - 1/2 tsp
• Salt - 1/8 tsp

Directions:

• Powder the almond with 1 tbsp all purpose flour in food processor.
• In a medium bowl , cream butter, vanilla and salt  until smooth.
• Add powdered sugar and flour and mix until blended.
• Mix in almond powder.
• Roll the dough into 1 inch balls.
• Bake for 12 minutes at 350 degrees F
• When cool, roll it in powdered sugar.