Mexican Wedding Cake Cookies or Russian Tea Cakes

You may consider doubling the recipe after you try these. They never last long at our house.

1 cup + 2 Tablespoons butter, softened
1/2 cup confectioners sugar
a little less than 2 cups flour
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
1/2 teaspoon almond extract
1/2 cup confectioners sugar for dusting
if you used unsalted butter, add 1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup almond meal (from Trader Joe's) or grind your own in a food processor or cleaned coffee mill.

Preheat oven to 400. Cream butter, 1/2 cup confectioner's sugar and extracts. Add flour, salt. Roll into 1 inch balls. Bake 10 minutes on parchment paper. Let cool!! Coat with confectioner's sugar.