We had a few friends over to our house this past weekend. I was trying to find some recipes that would allow me to prepare the food early in the week and then freeze the food until the weekend. I found an easy recipe for almond cookies. They are much like butter cookies or shortbread cookies. I personally do not eat almond, so I could not test these for myself. I was hostage to the opinions of others.
Here's the recipe:
In a bowl blend the butter, sugar, and almond extract. In a separate bowl mix the flour, baking powder, and salt. Add the flour mixture 2 Tablespoons at a time to the butter mixture until completely combined.
Roll into small balls and flatten slightly. Cook for 7 minutes (they will not look done) at 400 degrees on a lightly greased pan or parchment lined pan. Cool cookies until they are just warm and place sliced almonds on top of each cookie. (I only ha slivered almonds, but these worked just was well.)
Now, it's time for the almond glaze....
For the glaze: Combine powdered sugar, almond extract, and water. Drizzle a spoonful of glaze on top of the almonds and cookie.
Well, the cookies baked up beautifully, they froze beautifully and then defrosted beautifully. I couldn't quite understand my guests as they tried to talk with cookie crumbs in their mouths, but I heard a lot of "Mmmmmm" and saw lots of head bobbing, so I am going to assume they were good.
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