ALMOND BALLS

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Make and share this Almond Balls recipe from Food.com.

Provided by Derf2440

Categories     Dessert

Time 1h45m

Yield 40 cookies

Number Of Ingredients 8

1/2 cup blanched slivered almond
12 tablespoons unsalted butter, at room temperature
1/2 cup confectioners' sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon almond extract
2 cups flour
10 ounces white chocolate
2 1/3 cups flaked coconut

Steps:

  • Heat oven to 325°F.
  • Spread nuts on baking sheet and toast in the oven until golden brown, 8 to 10 minutes.
  • Cool and chop.
  • With an electric mixer set at medium low speed, beat butter, sugar, salt and almond extract until creamy.
  • On low speed, beat in flour until mixture just comes together.
  • Stir in nuts.
  • Chill until firm.
  • Roll into approximately 1-inch balls.
  • Put on ungreased baking sheets.
  • Bake until golden brown on bottom, 15 to 18 minutes.
  • Cool completely on wire racks.
  • Chop chocolate, put in a small bowl and melt in a 250°F oven.
  • Put coconut in a bowl.
  • Drop cookies, one at a time, into chocolate.
  • Coat and remove with a fork, letting excess drip off.
  • Drop the cookies into coconut.
  • Lightly press coconut onto the cookies.
  • Set on a rack to dry.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 128.4, Fat 8.1, SaturatedFat 4.9, Cholesterol 10.2, Sodium 47.6, Carbohydrate 12.9, Fiber 0.5, Sugar 7.6, Protein 1.6

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