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Almond Cookies

Posted By Kiran On In Baking,Cookies | Comments Disabled

Adapted from SteamyKitchen.com – with some personal tweaks.

Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup (1 stick) butter, softened
  • 1/3 cup extra light olive/vegetable oil
  • 1/3 cup sugar
  • 2/3 cup ground almonds
  • 1 tsp almond extract
  • 1-2/3 cups of all purpose flour
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • 1 egg and 2 tbsp water for egg wash
  • 1/2 cup of chopped almond or any choice of nuts

Directions

  1. Heat oven to 325°F.
  2. In a bowl, mix flour and salt (dry ingredients)
  3. Using a large bowl, cream butter, sugar, almond powder and almond extract till smooth.
  4. With electric mixer on low speed, add flour little by little into the wet ingredients.
  5. Shape dough into balls using a tablespoon measurement. Make thumbprints by gently applying pressure on the dough balls.
  6. Place cookie dough on a slightly greased cookie sheet. Apply some egg wash.
  7. Sprinkle nuts or any decorative edibles on the cookies.
  8. Bake 20 to 22 minutes or until the bottoms have browned. Place the cookies onto a cooling rack and allow it to completely cool.