Cousin Donna's Almond Cookies
Jaden Hair
Updated Jan 26, 2011
Ground almonds provide the rich flavor base for these delectable cookies, perfect for a tea party or dessert tray.
Cousin Donna's Almond Cookies
- Prep Time 45 min
- Total 1 hr 30 min
- Servings 32
- Ingredients 8
Ingredients
- 1 cup butter, softened
- 1/3 cup sugar
- 2/3 cup ground almonds (use spice grinder to grind into powder form)
- 1 2/3 cups Gold Medal™ all-purpose flour
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 1/2 cup powdered sugar
Make With
Gold Medal Flour
Instructions
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Step1Heat oven to 325°F.
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Step2In large bowl, beat butter, sugar and ground almonds with electric mixer on medium speed until smooth. In another bowl, stir together flour and salt. With electric mixer on low speed, add flour mixture to butter mixture.
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Step3Shape dough into tablespoon-size balls. Place on ungreased cookie sheets.
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Step4Bake 10 to 15 minutes or until the bottoms have browned (the tops of the cookies will remain a light color.) Remove to cooling rack. Cool completely, about 30 minutes.
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Step5Mix cinnamon, nutmeg and powdered sugar. Dip tops of cookies into mixture.
Nutrition
100
Calories
7g
Total Fat
1g
Protein
9g
Total Carbohydrate
4g
Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Serving
- Calories
- 100
- Calories from Fat
- 60
- Total Fat
- 7g
- 10%
- Saturated Fat
- 3 1/2g
- 19%
- Trans Fat
- 0g
- Cholesterol
- 15mg
- 5%
- Sodium
- 60mg
- 2%
- Potassium
- 25mg
- 1%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 9g
- 3%
- Dietary Fiber
- 0g
- 0%
- Sugars
- 4g
- Protein
- 1g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 4%
- 4%
- Vitamin C
- 0%
- 0%
- Calcium
- 0%
- 0%
- Iron
- 2%
- 2%
Exchanges:
1/2 Starch; 0 Fruit; 0 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 1/2 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
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