Chocolate Almond Snowballs

Total Time: 34 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 24 mins

Ingredients

• 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 2/3 cup cocoa
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup butter, melted and cooled
• 2 eggs
• 1 teaspoon almond extract

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350°f.
• 2 in a small bowl, combine, flour, cocoa, baking powder and salt; set aside.
• 3 in a large mixing bowl, beat sugar, butter, eggs and almond extract until creamy. gradually beat in flour mixture.
• 4 roll tablespoonfuls of dough into balls.
• 5 place on ungreased baking sheets.
• 6 bake 6 to 8 minutes. let stand on sheets for 2 minutes before removing and cooling completely.
• 7 sprinkle lightly (just a dusting) with confectioners' sugar.