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Almond Shortbread Cookies

Almond Shortbread Cookies are rich, melt in mouth soft cookies made by flat rolling a dough blend of almond powder, flour, generous butter and cutting it with cookie cutter. Almond Shortbread Cookies makes moments special & commonly made for Christmas and must try at home for New Year for the joy baking & tasting.
Prep Time15 minutes
Cook Time15 minutes
Total Time30 minutes
Servings30 cookies
AuthorSharmilee J

Ingredients

  • 1 cup flour
  • 1/2 cup granulated sugar
  • 1/2 cup cup butter
  • 1/2 cup almonds
  • 1/2 teaspoon almond essence

Instructions

  • Soak almonds in hot water for 30mins, peel off the skin.
  • Toast them for few mins until brown spots appear here and there. Set aside to cool.
  • Grind toasted almonds with sugar to a fine powder (as fine as possible). Set  aside.
  • In a mixing bowl - add butter. Beat it, then add almond essence. I used my hand mixer.
  • Add almond sugar mixture, whisk again then add flour.
  • Beat it, once the flour starts to come together stop beating. Use a spatula to bring together. Now use your finger tips to make a dough, do not knead.
  • Cling wrap it and refrigerate at least for 1 hour.
  • If you want  slice and bake cookies, roll into a log and refrigerate. I preferred cut out cookies so rolled between parchment paper. Use any of your favourite cookie cutter.
  • Cut shapes, carefully separate them. Collect the scrapes then roll over again, repeat until you finish the dough.
  • Lay parchment paper on the baking tray. Arrange the cookies on it.
  • Bake in preheated oven at 180 deg C for 10-12 mins or until the edges start to brown.
  • It will be soft when taken out, after cooling it becomes crispy so don't be tempted to overbake. Enjoy Almond Shortbread Cookies!

Notes

  • You can have this as a basic cookie recipe and have many variations, like you can make as plain vanilla cookies or add choco chips etc.
  • When its out from the oven, it will be soft later it will harden and become crisp so don't be tempted to bake more than the mentioned time
  • You can replace almond essence with vanilla essence too.
Nutrition Facts
Almond Shortbread Cookies
Amount Per Serving (20 g)
Calories 69 Calories from Fat 36
% Daily Value*
Fat 4g6%
Saturated Fat 2g13%
Trans Fat 0.1g
Polyunsaturated Fat 0.4g
Monounsaturated Fat 2g
Cholesterol 8mg3%
Sodium 24mg1%
Potassium 23mg1%
Carbohydrates 7g2%
Fiber 0.4g2%
Sugar 3g3%
Protein 1g2%
Vitamin A 95IU2%
Calcium 8mg1%
Iron 0.3mg2%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
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