Italian Wedding Cookies dust your dessert trays with confectioner's sugar wonder! You only need 6 ingredients to make these cookies.
Course Dessert
Cuisine Italian
Keyword How Do I Make Italian Wedding Cookies Recipe, How To Make Italian Wedding Cookies Recipe, Italian Wedding Cookies, Italian Wedding Cookies Recipe
Prep Time 30 minutesminutes
Cook Time 15 minutesminutes
Total Time 45 minutesminutes
Servings 72cookies (6 dozens)
Calories 74kcal
Author Kathleen
Ingredients
1 1/2cupsunsalted butter
3/4 cupconfectioners' sugar
3/4teaspoonsalt
1 1/2cupsalmond,finely ground
1tablespoonvanilla extract
3cupsall-purpose flour
1/3cups confectioners sugar for rolling
Instructions
Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
In a large mixing bowl, cream together butter and confectioners' sugar until light and fluffy. Mix in salt, almonds, and vanilla. Gradually mix in flour and combine well.
Roll dough into 1 inch balls. Place on an ungreased cookie sheet 2 inches apart and bake for 15-20 minutes. The cookies will remain pale. If they brown they will be dry.
Cool cookies for a couple of minutes then roll warm cookies in remaining confectioners' sugar and place on a wire rack to cool completely. When cool, dust with extra powdered sugar.