Christmas Cookies
6 hard boiled egg yolks, mashed.
3/4 pound softened butter (3 sticks)
3/4 cup sugar
1 tsp almond flavoring
2 1/2 cups flour (sifted)
1/2 cup ground almond meal (if not available increase regular flour to 3 cups)
Cream butter, adding sugar gradually. Add egg yolks and almond flavoring. Add flour and almond meal slowly, mixing well, but DO NOT OVERKNEAD.
Using a cookie shooter, press dough about 2 inches across onto a silicon or parchment-lined baking sheet. Press an almond, small chocolate morsel or 1/2 a maraschino cherry in the center of each one. Bake at 400 degrees until the edges are JUST brown, 10-12 minutes. Any more than that, and they are overbaked. Makes six dozen cookies (inspired by http://neddy.wordpress.com/2005/12/23/christmas-baking/).
Almond Cookies
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I love cookies!! I have so many delicious recipes books in my kitchen…
Comment by Delaney — June 4, 2008 @ 3:01 am
I was addicted to these cookies as a kid and almost ALWAYS made a few dozen to have around the house. Yummy.
Comment by Richard L Walker — July 26, 2008 @ 2:09 am