Almond Butter Cookies With Frosting
- Ready In:
- 20mins
- Ingredients:
- 11
- Yields:
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15-20 cookies
ingredients
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Cookies
- 3⁄4 cup butter, softened
- 1⁄2 cup sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 teaspoon almond extract
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- sugar (for flattening cookies)
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Frosting
- 2 tablespoons butter, melted
- 1 1⁄4 cups confectioners' sugar
- 1 teaspoon almond extract
- 1 -2 tablespoon milk
- sliced almonds
directions
- Preheat oven to 350°F Beat butter and sugar, in large bowl, with electric mixer on high speed until creamy. Add egg and almond extract, mixing well. Gradually add flour, mixing well.
- Rolldough into 1-inch balls (or bigger for bigger cookies). Place 2 inches (or adjust as appropriate) apart on greased baking sheet. Dip a flat-bottomed glass into sugar and flatten balls.
- Bake 10-12 minutes until bottom of cookies are golden brown. Cool 1 minute on baking sheet, then remove to wire racks to cool completely.
- To prepare frosting, combine sugar and almond extract until smooth. Stir in milk, as needed, until frosting is spreading consistency. Spread on each cookie; top with an almond slice.
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Reviews
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My mom had been looking for this recipe for a long time and was thrilled when I made them for her. It is a shortbread-like texture, and needs to be tapped flat mid baking (otherwise they keep their ball shape). My mom and I are huge fans of almond flavor so I increased the extract from 1 tsp to 1 Tbs. So good I have made these twice this week :)