Almond Fingers Food

WONDERFUL ALMOND FINGERS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease cookie sheets.
• In a large bowl, cream together unsalted butter and sugar. Beat in the egg and egg yolk one at a time, then stir in the vanilla and almond extracts. Combine the flour, baking powder and salt; gradually stir into the sugar mixture until smoothly blended. Fill a large pastry bag fitted with a 3/4 inch round tip. A large freezer storage bag with one of the corners snipped off will also work.
• Pipe dough into 2 inch long logs using a side to side squiggle motion. Space cookies at least 2 inches apart. Place cookie sheets with cookies into the freezer for a couple of minutes to harden.
• Bake for 15 minutes in the preheated oven, or until cookies are lightly browned. Cool for a few minutes on the baking sheets, then remove to wire racks to cool completely.
• In the microwave or in a metal bowl over a pan of simmering water, melt chocolate and 2 tablespoons of butter, stirring frequently until smooth. Remove from heat and stir in the milk. Dip both ends of the cooled cookies into the chocolate and place them onto waxed paper to set.

ALMOND FINGERS

Steps:

• Cream butter and sugar.
• Add flour a little at a time.
• Add ground almonds.
• Form into fingers.
• Place on cookie sheet about 1 inch apart. Bake in a 325 degree oven for about 30 minutes.

ALMOND FINGERS

Steps:

• Cream butter and sugar.
• Add egg and beat well.
• Beat in almond and vanilla.
• Sift together flour, cinnamon and salt.
• Add to creamed mixture.
• Chilling mixture overnight makes for fuller cookies.
• Take a tablespoon of dough for each cookie shape into fingers and place on greased cookie sheet.
• Sprinkle with sugar.
• Bake at 350° for 20 minutes or until pale golden.
• Cool on rack.
• Dip one side of cookie in chocolate.
• Place on waxed paper till set.

ALMOND BUTTER FINGERS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 275 degress farenheit. Lightly grease a 10 x 15-inch jelly-roll pan.
• In a large mixing bowl, beat butter, sugar and salt together until light and fluffy. Beat in egg yolk and both extracts. Stir in cardamom, then flour, 1/2 c at a time, blending after each addition.
• Use a rubber spatula to spread dough evenly over bottom of prepared pan, or dampen your fingers with water and pat dough into place.
• In a small bowl, lightly whisk egg white until frothy. Pour over dough; spread evenly with the back of a large spoon. Sprinkle nuts over dough and press lightly into surface with the back of a spoon.
• Bake 50 to 60 minutes, or until golden brown. Immediately cut into 40 (1 x 3 3/4-inch) fingers with a sharp knife while the bars are still warm. You can get 40 fingers by cutting 10 strips one way and 4 the other.
• Cool 15 minutes in pan on rack. Carefully remove from pan with a metal spatula; cookies are very fragile. Cool completely on racks. Store in an airtight container at room temperature for 1 week or freeze for longer storage.

CHOCOLATE CHIP & DIPPED ALMOND FINGERS

Steps:

• Cream 14 tablespoons butter and sugar.
• Add egg and beat well.
• Beat in almond and vanilla.
• Sift together flour, cinnamon, and salt.
• Add to creamed mixture.
• Blend in 6 ounces of chips.
• Chill till workable.
• Take a tablespoon of dough for each cookie shape into fingers (if needed use flour to help form cookies) and place on greased cookie sheet.
• Sprinkle with sugar.
• bake at 350 for 20 minutes.
• Cool on rack.
• Dip one side of cookie in chocolate.
• Place on waxed paper till set.

ALMOND FINGERS

Steps:

• Prepare the stuffing.
• Grate the almond kernels and add the sugar and the cinnamon.
• Pour some rosewater, as much as is necessary in order to shape them.
• Cut the phylo into small square pieces approximately 5x8 cm, then moist them with some butter using a brush.
• Place on each square piece one teaspoon of stuffing and roll, folding in the sides.
• (It should look like a cigar) In a large skillet, warm plenty of oil with the orange peel, then once the peel turns dark remove it and fry in a high temperature at first then medium later until the"fingers" turn golden brown.
• Remove them with a fork and place them on absorbent paper and preserve them warm.
• Prepare the syrup.
• Boil in a pot for 5 minutes the sugar with the water then pour the honey with some lemon juice and stir until the honey melts.
• Sink the"fingers" in the warm syrup for a few minutes and remove.
• Combine the almond kernels with the cinnamon.
• Place the"fingers" on a platter and sprinkle the mixture on top.

ALMOND CRUSTED CHICKEN FINGERS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400f degrees,.
• Lightly grease a baking sheet.
• In a shallow bowl, whisk milk and egg together.
• Place half the flour in another bowl, in a separate bowl stir almonds with the remaining flour.
• To each bowl, stir in 1/4 teaspoon salt.
• Slice chicken into finger size strips.
• Sprinkle both sides of chicken with salt and pepper.
• Lightly coat chicken strips with flour, followed by milk mixture, then coat with almond mixture.
• Heat oil in a large frying pan over medium high heat.
• Add chicken, cook in two batches, adding more oil if necessary, until golden, about 1 to 2 minutes on each side.
• Chicken will not be cooked through.
• Transfer to baking sheet.
• Bake in centre of preheated oven until cooked through, about 6 to 8 minutes.

CHOCOLATE ALMOND FINGERS

Steps:

• Beat butter at medium speed with an electric mixer until creamy; gradually add sugar, beating well. Add egg yolks 1 at a time, beating after each addition. Stir in flavorings.
• Combine flour and salt; add to butter mixture, beating well. Sift powdered sugar lightly over work surface. Shape 1 tbls. dough into a 2 1/2-inch log; repeat with remaining dough. Place on a lightly greased baking sheet.
• Brush each cookie log with egg white, and lightly sprinkle with almonds, reserving remaining almonds. Bake at 400F for 9 to 10 minutes or until barely browned. Remove cookies to wore racks to cool completely.
• Dip ends of cookies in melted chocolate, covering about 1/2 ich on each end. Sprinkle ends with remaining almonds. Place cookies on wire racks until chocolate is firm.

ALMOND CHOCOLATE FINGERS

Steps:

• BASE.
• Place butter, ground almonds and sugar in small bowl and beat until combined. Add eggs, mix well. Add sifted sugar and flour and stir through. Grease 2 oven trays, line with greaseproof paper and grease paper lightly. Divide base evenly between the trays, spreading mixture to a length of 20cm (8in) by 15 cm (6in) wide. Bake in a moderately hot oven for 7 minutes or until golden brown. Remove and spread with topping whilst still warm. Return to oven and bake a further 5 minutes or until topping is a pale golden brown colour.
• Cut into fingers while still warm and allow to cool on wire rack. Melt chocolate and Copha in top part of a double saucepan over simmering water ( I use my microwave on a low setting) . Pour chocolate into a small bowl, dip biscuits diagonally (so as to get chocolate on a diagonal) into chocolate, place on aluminum foil to set. Store in airtight container in refrigerator.
• TOPPING.
• Place butter, sugar glucose, flaked almonds and water in a small saucepan, stir over low heat until sugar dissolves. Bring to boil and boil for 4 minutes.