Chocolate Almond Snowballs

Found through the Toll House website. Great tasty cookie and fun to make. Purchase a good brand of cocoa for a better cookie flavor.

• Ready In: 34 mins
• Serves: 30
• Yields: 30 cookies

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

Directions

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.