Chocolate Chip-Peanut Meltaways

Ingredients

• 0.3 teaspoon almond extract 
• 0.5 lb butter at room temperature
• 2 cups flour all-purpose
• 1.7 cups powdered sugar 
• 0.8 cup roasted peanuts salted chopped
• 0.5 cup bittersweet chocolate finely chopped
• 2 tablespoons cocoa powder unsweetened
• 1 teaspoon vanilla 

Equipment

• food processor
• bowl
• frying pan
• baking sheet
• oven
• hand mixer

Directions

1. In a bowl, with an electric mixer on low speed, or in a food processor, beat or whirl butter, 1/3 cup powdered sugar, and the vanilla, almond extract, and flour until smooth and well blended. Stir in peanuts and chocolate.
2. Shape dough into 3/4-inch balls and place about 1 inch apart on buttered or cooking parchment-lined 12- by 15-inch baking sheets.
3. Bake in a 300 oven until cookies are pale golden brown, 15 to 20 minutes; if baking more than one pan at a time, switch pan positions halfway through baking.
4. Let cool on sheets for 5 minutes.
5. In a shallow bowl, mix remaining 1 1/3 cups powdered sugar and the cocoa powder. Gently turn warm cookies in powdered sugar mixture, a few at a time, then set on racks to cool. When cool, coat cookies again with powdered sugar mixture.