Amaretto Butter Balls Food

AMARETTO BUTTER BALLS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• In a medium bowl, cream together the butter and 1/2 cup confectioners' sugar until smooth. Stir in the flour and salt until well blended, then mix in the amaretto liqueur. Fold in chopped almonds if desired. Roll the dough into walnut sized balls. Place the cookies 2 inches apart onto the cookie sheet.
• Bake for 8 to 10 minutes in the preheated oven. Allow cookies to cool on baking sheet for 5 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool completely. Roll cookies in remaining 1/2 cup confectioners' sugar while still warm.

AMARETTO BUTTER COOKIES

Steps:

• In a large bowl, with a mixer on medium speed, beat 1 cup butter and sugar until smooth.
• Add egg yolk, liqueur, and orange peel and beat until well blended.
• In another bowl, mix 2 cups flour, baking powder, and salt.
• Add to butter mixture; stir to mix, then beat until well blended.
• Gather dough into a ball, divide in half, and flatten each portion into a disk; wrap each tightly in plastic wrap and freeze until firm enough to roll without sticking, about 30 minutes.
• Unwrap dough.
• On a lightly floured surface, with a floured rolling pin, roll one disk at a time to about 1/4 inch thick.
• With a floured, 2-inch round cutter, cut out cookies.
• Place about 2 inches apart on buttered 12- by 15-inch baking sheets.
• Gather excess dough into a ball, reroll, and cut out remaining cookies.
• In a small bowl, beat egg white with 1 teaspoon water to blend.
• Brush cookies with mixture and sprinkle or arrange about 1/2 teaspoon sliced almonds on each.
• Bake cookies in a 325° regular or convection oven until lightly browned, about 15 minutes; if baking two sheets at once in one oven, switch their positions halfway through cooking.
• Let cookies cool on sheets for 5 minutes, then use a wide spatula to transfer to racks to cool completely.

AMARETTO SNOWBALLS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Cream butter and icing sugar in a large mixing bowl.
• Add flour and salt and mix well.
• Add Amaretto and mix well.
• Roll dough into small balls, less than an inch.
• Place onto a parchment-lined sheet or a non-stick baking sheet and bake for 8 to 12 minutes.
• Cool on a rack and roll in additional icing sugar.

AMARETTO BUTTER BALLS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• In a medium bowl, cream together the butter and 1/2 cup confectioners' sugar until smooth. Stir in the flour and salt until well blended, then mix in the amaretto liqueur. Fold in chopped almonds if desired. Roll the dough into walnut sized balls. Place the cookies 2 inches apart onto the cookie sheet.
• Bake for 8 to 10 minutes in the preheated oven. Allow cookies to cool on baking sheet for 5 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool completely. Roll cookies in remaining 1/2 cup confectioners' sugar while still warm.