Best Almond Cookie Recipes

ALMOND COOKIES

Steps:

• In a small bowl, cream the shortening, 1/2 cup sugar and brown sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in egg and extract. Combine the flour, baking powder and salt; gradually add to creamed mixture and mix well. , Shape into 1-in. balls. Roll in remaining sugar. Place 2 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets. Flatten with the bottom of a glass. Press three almond slices into the center of each. , Bake at 350° for 9-11 minutes or until edges are lightly browned. Cool for 2 minutes before removing to wire racks.

JOYFUL ALMOND COOKIES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 375°F. In large bowl, stir cookie mix, butter, extract and egg until soft dough forms. Stir in 1/2 cup of the coconut and the almonds; mix well.
• Roll dough into 36 (1-inch) balls. Dough will be sticky. Roll balls in remaining coconut until well coated. Place 2 inches apart on ungreased cookie sheets.
• Bake 9 to 11 minutes or until light golden brown. Cool 2 minutes; remove from cookie sheets to wire rack. Cool completely. Store covered at room temperature.

ALMOND COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar together until fluffy. Beat in the egg, vanilla, and almond extract. Sift the flour over the top, add the salt and the chopped almonds and fold to combine.
• Pull off little pieces of the dough and roll them into balls about 1-inch in diameter, enclosing a whole almond in the center of each one. Place on an ungreased baking sheet and bake on the center rack of the oven for 15 to 20 minutes, until light brown. Transfer to racks to cool slightly. When cool enough to handle, roll 1/2 the cookies in the cocoa powder, and the remaining 1/2 in the confectioners' sugar. Serve warm or return to the rack to cool.

BEST-EVER ALMOND COOKIE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350ºF.
• Beat butter and sugar in large bowl with mixer until light and fluffy. Add egg, nuts, salt and extract; mix well. Gradually add flour, beating until blended after each addition.
• Roll into 42 (3/4 inch) balls. Place, 2 inches apart, on baking sheets. Flatten slightly with fork.
• Bake 12 min. or until lightly browned. Let stand on baking sheets 1 min. Transfer to wire racks; cool completely.

MOM'S BEST ALMOND COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Sift together flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt.
• Cream sugar and shortening until fluffy. Beat eggs with almond extract, then add to sugar mixture. Mix well.
• Gradually add dry ingredients to sugar mixture, mixing well after each addition.
• Roll into 1-inch balls and place on lightly greased cookie sheet. Flatten slightly, as these don't spread very much.
• If you want them to look like traditional Chinese almond cookies, mix a few drops of red food coloring with a few drops of water. Using the blunt end of a chopstick, dip into the red color, then stamp a dot into the center of each cookie. Alternately, you can place a bleached almond in the center of each cookie.
• Bake 20 minutes or until just barely brown on the edges. Transfer to rack to cool.

CRISPY ALMOND BUTTER THINS (COOKIES)

Steps:

• Using a heavy duty stand mixer cream butter with sugar and almond extract on medium speed until well combined (about 5 minutes or until no sugar granules should remain).
• Beat in egg yolks until combined.
• In a small bowl combine the flour with salt until combined; add to the creamed mixture and mix on low speed until combined.
• Remove to a surface and work the dough using with clean hands until smooth.
• Divide the dough evenly in half.
• Shape into two logs, wrap in waxed paper or plastic wrap and chill for minimum 3 hours or until very hard.
• Set oven to 350°F.
• Set oven rack to second-lowest position.
• Unwrap the dough log then slice into about 1/4-inch slices (the thinner that you slice these the crispier they will be when they bake).
• Place onto lightly greased baking sheet.
• Bake until lightly browned around the edges (about 12-15 minutes, the cookies will not be crispy if you under bake them).
• Cool slightly on baking sheet (the cookies will harden even more upon sitting) then coat in sugar.