Almond Butter Cookies

Submitted by Nancy Van Ess

"Originally from "1001 Cookie Recipes""

 

• Ready In: 15mins
• Ingredients: 9
• Serves: 70

ingredients

• 2 cups flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 cup butter, room temperature
• 1 cup sugar
• 2 large egg yolks
• 1⁄2 teaspoon lemon extract
• 3⁄4 teaspoon almond extract
• 1⁄2 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 70 whole blanched almonds

directions

1. Preheat oven to 300°F.
2. Combine flour and baking powder; set aside.
3. In a large bowl, cream the butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
4. Beat in the egg yolks and the extracts.
5. Blend in the dry ingredients.
6. Break off walnut-sized pieces of dough and roll into balls.
7. Place 1 1/2" apart on ungreased cookie sheets.
8. Press an almond into the center of each cookie flattening them slightly.
9. Bake for 15-20 minutes until the cookies are golden brown.
10. Transfer to wire racks to cool.

Reviews

[Hey5320]

I ended up making two different almond butter cookies today; and between the two, this one was the tastiest. Nice and crisp and buttery! I didn't have lemon extract, so I used a teaspoon each of vanilla and almond extract. However, comparatively, the other recipe was easier. Truth be told, if I wasn't comparing, I would have given this recipe 5 stars. Thank you Nancy!

 

[Lighthouse Rita]

It's a great Almond cookie. I did make some changes. I added a 1/4 teaspoon more of each of the extracts. After the first batch the cookies looked a little too light for me. So on the second and third batch I brushed the cookies with egg white and upped the temperature to 325 degrees. We really enjoyed the cookies. Thanks for sharing.

 

[ltadler]

Very good. I was told were the favorite at a Scout blue and gold dinner.

 

[CookinwithGas]

Lovely cookies, light and airy, crispy around the edges...I hope my Holiday Cookie Swap partner enjoys them as much as I did! Thank you for posting this recipe!