Snow Ball Cookies

Snow Ball Cookies feature in some of our earliest memories!  We used to make some red, some green and some white to have all of the Christmas colors.

INGREDIENTS:
1 cup butter
1/2 cup powdered sugar
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
2 teaspoons water
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 cup chopped almonds
1/4 tsp of salt
Powdered sugar (held to the end)

DIRECTIONS:
1. In a medium bowl, cream the butter and sugar. Stir in vanilla and water. Add the flour and almonds, mix until blended. Cover and chill for 3 hours.
2. Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
3. Shape dough into balls or crescents. Place on an unprepared cookie sheet and bake for 15 to 20 minutes in the preheated oven. Remove from pan to cool on wire racks. When cookies are cool, roll in confectioners' sugar. Store at room temperature in an airtight container.