My favorite girl in the world (my daughter Jasmine) made the best cookies the other night for some friends I was having over from my church. I love to cook – and I think I’m pretty good at it – but trust me when I say I can’t bake. So when I saw (and ate) these great cookies, I had to take a photo and share the recipe she used. She said it was a really simple recipe – and by the looks of it, I’d have to agree. Maybe if you’re like me, and you’re not the best baker, you might want to try these. Let me know how it goes! I usually just add original recipes to my blog, but it seemed like a fun thing to add this recipe that Jasmine tried!
Butter Cookies with Ground Almonds
(courtesy of a recipe found on About.com)
Ingredients:
1 cup all-purpose flour
1 cup ground almonds
1/4 teaspoon baking powder
dash salt
1/2 cup butter, softened
3/4 cup granulated sugar
1 large egg white
1/2 teaspoon almond extract
48 whole blanched almonds
Preparation:
- Stir together flour, ground almonds, baking powder, and salt; set aside.
- In a mixing bowl cream butter and sugar at medium speed of electric hand held mixer.
- Beat in egg white and almond extract.
- Stir flour and ground almond mixture into the creamed mixture. Cover with plastic wrap; chill for about 2 hours.
- Shape dough into small balls, about 3/4-inch. Place balls 2 inches apart; flatten slightly with the bottom of a glass.
- Press an almond into the center of each cookie. Bake at 350° for about 12 minutes, or until set but not browned.
Makes about 4 dozen almond cookies.
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