Almond Vanilla Cookies Food

ALMOND VANILLA COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350° and cover 2 cookie sheets with parchment paper.
• In a medium bowl, mix together chopped almonds, flour, baking powder and salt, set aside.
• In a large mixing bowl cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
• Mix in extracts Mix in flour mixture until well blended Beat until thoroughly combined.
• Form dough into 36 balls and place a whole almond in center of each ball.
• Bake for about 20 minutes, or until golden brown, check after 15 minutes as I found I needed to turn the temperature down for the second batch.
• Note: I baked my second batch at 325° but it could just be my oven that runs hot.

ALMOND COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar together until fluffy. Beat in the egg, vanilla, and almond extract. Sift the flour over the top, add the salt and the chopped almonds and fold to combine.
• Pull off little pieces of the dough and roll them into balls about 1-inch in diameter, enclosing a whole almond in the center of each one. Place on an ungreased baking sheet and bake on the center rack of the oven for 15 to 20 minutes, until light brown. Transfer to racks to cool slightly. When cool enough to handle, roll 1/2 the cookies in the cocoa powder, and the remaining 1/2 in the confectioners' sugar. Serve warm or return to the rack to cool.

LACEY ALMOND COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325, line cookie sheet with parchment paper or non stick foil.
• Mix oats, sugar, flour, salt, baking powder, 1/2 of egg, butter, and vanilla. Mix until well combined. Add almonds.
• Drop by teaspoons 3 inches apart (they spread).
• Bake for 10-12 mins, edges should be slightly browned.
• Let cool then peel from paper/foil.

ALMOND CRESCENT COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• Spray several cookie sheets with cooking spray.
• With a mixer, beat the butter with sugar until light and fluffy.
• Add vanilla extract and almond extract, beat until incorporated.
• Stir in the flour and almonds. Work flour mixture into a firm dough.
• Working with 1 tablespoon of dough at a time, lightly roll and then shape it so the middle is thicker than both ends. Bend dough log into a crescent shape.
• Place on greased cookie sheets and repeat until all dough is used.
• Bake 12-15 minutes or until light brown.
• Sift powdered sugar into a small shallow bowl.
• While the cookies are still warm , roll the crescents in the powdered sugar.
• Cool on racks.