Almond Wine Cookies Recipes

ALMOND WINE COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375.
• With electric mixer cream butter and sugar until light. Add egg yolks and anise extract. Mix until blended.
• On low, add flour and wine alternately and mix well. Mix in chopped almonds to form a soft dough.
• Using a teaspoon, drop dough into slivered almonds and roll to coat.
• Place on a cookie sheet, leaving 2 inch space between. Press slightly to flatten cookies.
• Bake for 12-15 minutes or until lightly browned.
• Remove from oven and place cookies on rack to cool.
• Store in air tight container.

ALMOND FLOUR CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES

Steps:

• Evenly position 2 racks in the middle of the oven and preheat to 350 degrees F. Line 2 baking sheets with parchment.
• Whisk the almond flour, baking soda and salt together in a large bowl. Beat the butter and brown sugar in another bowl with an electric mixer on medium-high speed until light and fluffy, about 4 minutes. Add the eggs to the butter mixture one at a time, beating after each addition to incorporate, then beat in the vanilla. Reduce the speed to low, add the flour mixture and beat until just incorporated. Fold in the chocolate chips.
• Scoop 12 heaping tablespoons of dough onto each prepared baking sheet, spacing them 2 inches apart. Roll each into a ball with slightly wet hands, then sprinkle the top of each ball with some sea salt. Bake until the cookies are golden but still soft in the center, 10 to 12 minutes. Let the cookies cool on the baking sheet for a few minutes, then transfer them to a wire rack to cool completely, about 30 minutes.

ALMOND COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees F.
• In a mixing bowl, combine the cookie dough, almond extract, and ground almonds and mix to combine. Shape the dough into 1/2-inch balls. Place the balls about 2 inches apart on an ungreased cookie sheet. Gently press 1 whole blanched almond into the center of each ball. Transfer to the oven and bake for 13 minutes, or until golden.

FRENCH ALMOND COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Cream the butter and sugars together until smooth. Stir in the honey, eggs and ground almonds. Combine the flour and the baking soda. Stir into the butter mixture until combined.
• Pinch off a piece of dough the size of a walnut. Roll it between your palms to form a cigar shape. Place on a parchment-lined cookie sheet. Repeat, placing cookies 2 inches apart. Push a slivered almond into the center of each cookie. Bake until golden brown, about 10 minutes.
• Immediately transfer cookies to a rack to cool. Cookies can be frozen in an airtight container, with wax paper between each layer, for up to 6 months. Defrost 30 minutes before serving.

TOASTED-ALMOND COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F with rack in middle.
• Blend together egg whites, butter, sugar, flour, vanilla, and salt in a food processor just until smooth.
• Put liner on a baking sheet. Using 2 teaspoons batter per cookie, make 6 mounds, spacing them 3 inches apart, then spread into 4 1/2- to 5-inch rounds with back of a spoon (they will be very thin but try to spread batter as evenly as possible). Sprinkle each round with about 1/2 tablespoon almonds.
• Bake cookies until golden-brown, 7 to 9 minutes. Let stand on baking sheet 1 minute, then, working quickly, remove each cookie with a metal spatula and drape over a rolling pin or a wine bottle (you will need 2 pins or bottles) to form a curved shape. Let stand until crisp, about 20 minutes, then transfer to a rack to cool completely.
• Cool liner and baking sheet before making more cookies.

TUSCAN ALMOND COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 300°F
• Heap the flour in a mound on a pastry board. Make a well in the center and add the eggs, sugar, baking soda and a punch of salt. Knead briefly. Add the almonds and knead again to mix thoroughly.
• Roll the dough into lengths about 1 1/2 inches in diameter (2-inches long). Flatten slightly. Arrange the cookies on a buttered and floured baking sheet.
• Bake in the oven for 7-8 minutes, or until golden. Remove from the oven, cut into diagonal slices about 3/8 - inch thick. Return to the oven to finish cooking until perfectly browned, about 7-10 minutes.

ALMOND SUGAR COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400°. In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in almond extract. Combine the flour, baking powder and salt; gradually add to creamed mixture and mix well. Roll into 1-in. balls. , Place 2 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets. Coat bottom of a glass with cooking spray; dip in sugar. Flatten cookies with prepared glass, dipping glass in sugar again as needed. , Bake until edges are lightly browned, 7-9 minutes. Cool for 1 minute before removing to wire racks., In a small bowl, whisk together the confectioners' sugar, almond extract and enough water to achieve glaze consistency. Tint with food coloring if desired; drizzle over cookies. Sprinkle with almonds.

ALMOND COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees, with racks in upper and lower thirds. Line two baking sheets with parchment paper. Reserve about 28 almonds (1/4 cup) for garnish. Place remaining almonds in a food processor; pulse just until finely ground (do not overprocess). Set aside.
• With an electric mixer, beat butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add whole egg, orange zest, and almond extract (if using), scraping down sides of bowl as necessary; beat until smooth. In another bowl, whisk together flour, baking soda, and salt. Gradually add dry ingredients to the butter mixture,beating just until incorporated. Mix in ground almonds (do not overmix).
• Using 1 level tablespoon per cookie, roll dough into balls. Place on prepared sheets, at least 1 inch apart. Using the floured end of a thick wooden spoon handle (or your thumb), press lightlyin the center of each cookie. Place an almond in each indentation. In a small bowl, lightly beat egg white with 1 teaspoon water; brush over cookies.
• Bake, rotating sheets halfway through, until golden brown, 12 to 15 minutes. Let cool slightly; transfer cookies to a wire rack to cool completely.

PRUNES IN WINE WITH TOASTED-ALMOND COOKIES

Steps:

• Stir together all ingredients in a heavy medium saucepan until sugar has dissolved. Bring to a boil, then simmer, uncovered, gently stirring occasionally, until liquid is reduced by half, about 25 minutes.
• Remove from heat and cool until barely warm or room temperature. Discard vanilla bean.

EASY ROASTED ALMOND COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 275 degrees F (135 degrees C). Spread the almonds onto a baking sheet, and toast until the nuts start to turn golden brown and become fragrant, about 45 minutes. Watch the nuts carefully as they bake, they burn quickly. Once toasted, set the nuts aside to cool to room temperature. Finely grind the almonds in a food processor.
• Raise oven temperature to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Oil a baking sheet with vegetable oil.
• In a bowl, mix together the ground almonds, oat flour, maple syrup, and almond extract. Form the mixture into 6 balls, then flatten the balls into cookies about 1/4 inch thick. Place cookies onto the prepared baking sheet.
• Bake until crisp and brown around the edges, 12 to 15 minutes; watch them carefully because they burn easily. Remove the cookies carefully, and allow to cool.