What Do You Call 'Em?

I woke up this morning with a huge craving for Mexican wedding cookies/nutty howard/almond cookies/snowball cookies... Everyone has a different name for them but really doesn't matter what I call em they're still incredibly delicious! So long story short... 6am this morning at my parents house I decided to make them, and man oh man were they just as delicious as the craving reminded that they would be! Not to mention I woke everyone else up in the house with my buttery sugary goodness! I used a recipe I have used for years only this time I made them vegan... they doesn't call for eggs anyway so earth balance is the most amazing buttery substitute a healthy baker could ask for! Try out the recipe and let me know what you think! Or if you're super lazy order a dozen... or 7!

Reply to me on what you call these and we will send a free sample!!

SHORTBREAD NYC's NUTTY HOWARD

Ingredients/

3/4 cup sliced almonds

3/4 cup sugar

1 cup earth balace butter, sliced and softened

1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract

1 2/3 cups whole wheat flour

1/2 teaspoon fine salt

1 cup confectioners' sugar

Directions/

Pulse the almonds and sugar in a food processor until very finely ground. Add the butter and process until smooth, about 1 minute. Scrape the dough off the inside of the bowl, if needed. Add the vanilla extract and pulse to combine. Add the flour and salt and pulse to make a soft dough. Turn the dough out onto a piece of saran wrap. Wrap and refrigerate for 30 minutes.

Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F. Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper.

Using a table spoon measure, create balls from the dough and roll in your hands. Space the cookies evenly on the prepared baking sheets and bake until slightly golden, about 20 minutes. Put the confectioners' sugar in a pie plate. Briefly cool the cookies on a rack, then gently toss in the confectioners' sugar until evenly coated. Return to rack, cool to room temperature, and then toss again in the confectioners' sugar.

ENJOY!