Italian Wedding Cookies Recipe

Mark adores the Italian Wedding Cookies that we get from a local bakery so, I wanted to see if I could copy them. These were good but I made a few changes below that I will incorporate next time, including adding amaretto for more almond deliciousness.

Ingredients

1 1/2 cup salted butter organic1 ½ cup salted butter organic
3/4 cup powder sugar¾ cup powder sugar
5 tsp almond extract
Optional: a couple tsp of amaretto
5 tsp almond extract
1/2 cup ground walnuts, leave chunks for texture½ cup ground walnuts
1 cup ground almonds, leave chunks for texture1 cup ground almonds
3 cup all purpose flour3 cup all purpose flour
1/2 cup powder sugar for dusting

Steps

Preheat your oven to 325”F.Preheat your oven to 325”F.
In a large mixing bowl cream together the butter and 3/4 cup of the powder sugar until fluffy.In a large mixing bowl cream together the butter and ¾ cup of the powder sugar until fluffy.
Add the almond extract and little by little the ground walnuts and hazelnuts. Mix until combined.Add the almond extract and little by little the ground walnuts and hazelnuts. Mix until combined.
Start adding in the flour little by little until mixed in. ( For easier handling freeze or refrigerate the dough for 10 minutes or so)Start adding in the flour little by little until mixed in. ( For easier handling freeze or refrigerate the dough for 10 minutes or so)
Prepare your largest cookie sheet and using a small spoon (or small ice-cream scoop) form the cookies into balls, the size of a golfball or smaller. You should have about 45 cookies.Prepare your largest cookie sheet and using a small spoon (or small ice-cream scoop) form the cookies into balls, the size of a golfball or smaller. You should have about 45 cookies.
Arrange all the cookies on the ungreased baking sheet without touching each other.Arrange all the cookies on the baking sheet without touching each other.
Bake the cookies in the preheated 325”F oven for 20 minutes.Bake the cookies in the preheated 325”F oven for 20 minutes.
Remove the cookies from the oven and allow them to cool off for a few minutes before rolling them over in the reserved powder sugar. It's best that they are still a little bit warm so the sugar coating sticks nicely.Remove the wedding cookies from the oven and allow them to cool off for a few minutes before rolling them over in the reserved powder sugar. It's best that they are still a little bit warm so the sugar coating sticks nicely.
Arrange the cookies on a platter and dust with more powder sugar on top before serving.Arrange the cookies on a platter and dust with more powder sugar on top before serving.