Chocolate Almond Snowballs - cooking recipe

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

Preparation

Preheat oven to 350\u00b0F.
In a small bowl, combine, flour, cocoa, baking powder and salt; set aside.
In a large mixing bowl, beat sugar, butter, eggs and almond extract until creamy. Gradually beat in flour mixture.
Roll tablespoonfuls of dough into balls.
Place on ungreased baking sheets.
Bake 6 to 8 minutes. Let stand on sheets for 2 minutes before removing and cooling completely.
Sprinkle lightly (just a dusting) with confectioners' sugar.