Prize-Winning Recipe 2010! Cream cheese adds the richness to this poppy seed cookie made easier with a sugar cookie mix.
Almond Poppy Tea Cookies
- Prep Time 60 min
- Total 60 min
- Servings 36
- Ingredients 10
Ingredients
- 1 pouch (17.5 oz) Betty Crocker™ Sugar Cookie Mix
- 1/3 cup Gold Medal™ all-purpose flour
- 1 tablespoon poppy seeds
- 1/2 cup butter or margarine, softened
- 3 oz (from 8-oz package) cream cheese, softened
- 2 teaspoons almond extract
- 1 egg
- 1/4 cup sliced almonds, if desired
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 3 to 4 teaspoons water

Make With
Gold Medal Flour
Instructions
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Step1Heat oven to 350°F. In large bowl, stir cookie mix, flour, poppy seeds, butter, cream cheese, 1 teaspoon of the almond extract and egg until soft dough forms.
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Step2Roll dough into 1 1/4-inch balls; place 2 inches apart on ungreased cookie sheet. Press balls slightly to flatten. If desired, top each flatten ball with 5 sliced almonds arranged to form a star.
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Step3Bake 9 to 11 minutes or until edges are light golden brown. Cool 3 minutes; remove from cookie sheet to wire rack.
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Step4In small bowl, mix powdered sugar, remaining 1 teaspoon almond extract and enough water to give the glaze a nice spreading consistency. Spread glaze over warm cookies. Store tightly covered in a single layer at room temperature.
Nutrition
110
Calories
5g
Total Fat
1g
Protein
15g
Total Carbohydrate
9g
Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Cookie
- Calories
- 110
- Calories from Fat
- 45
- Total Fat
- 5g
- 8%
- Saturated Fat
- 2 1/2g
- 12%
- Trans Fat
- 1/2g
- Cholesterol
- 15mg
- 5%
- Sodium
- 70mg
- 3%
- Potassium
- 15mg
- 0%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 15g
- 5%
- Dietary Fiber
- 0g
- 0%
- Sugars
- 9g
- Protein
- 1g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 2%
- 2%
- Vitamin C
- 0%
- 0%
- Calcium
- 0%
- 0%
- Iron
- 0%
- 0%
Exchanges:
1/2 Starch; 0 Fruit; 1/2 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 1 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
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