Almond Shortbread Cookies
Nutty and delicious, with just a slight almond flavor these are wonderful cookies on their own or dressed up with melted chocolate.
Ingredients
- 2 ¼ C all purpose flour
- 1/2 tsp kosher salt
- 1/2 C blanched slivered almonds finely chopped
- 1 C granulated sugar + ¼ C, divided
- 1/2 lb unsalted butter slightly cooler than room temp
- 1 egg yolk
- 1 whole egg
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1¼ tsp almond extract
Instructions
- Heat the oven to 350 degrees.
- Cream together the butter and 1 C sugar. Once light yellow and slightly fluffy add in the salt, vanilla extract, almond extract, egg and additional yolk. Mix until well combined. Add in the flour and process until well incorporated. Then add in the chopped almonds and mix until just combined.
- Put remaining ¼ c of sugar into a small bowl or plate. Roll out a tablespoon size of dough into a ball and place in the sugar. Pat it slightly flat. Remove from the sugar and place on a greased baking sheet sugar side up.
- Bake for 10 minutes or until nicely golden brown on the bottom.
- Allow to cool on a wire rack.
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