Almond Balls

Makes 24.
20 mins prep. time
37 mins cooking time180°C (350°F)/Gas Mark 4

What you need:

• 140g ground almonds
• 115g butter (unsalted)
• 2 tablespoons caster sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla essence
• 140g plain flour
• 2 tablespoons icing sugar

Beat the butter and the sugar together until the mixture is creamy.  Add the almonds, vanilla essence and flour.  Mix the mixture into a dough.

Roll the dough into balls of a desired size - I like bite size - and place them on a baking tray which has been covered in grease-proof paper.  Put the balls in the oven for 35 minutes.

Once you've taken them out of the oven, sprinkle them with icing sugar and place in the oven for another 2 minutes.

Allow to cool and eat away!