Description
A crisp almond shortbread cookie perfect with a cup of tea or a for a Christmas cookie tray
Ingredients
Scale
- 1/2 cup butter, soft
- 1/8 teaspoon almond extract
- 1/2 cup powdered sugar, plus more for finishing the cookies
- pinch salt
- 3/4 cups flour
- 1 cup ground almonds
- 1/4 cups toasted, chopped almonds
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 325 F
- Combine butter with almond extract and 1/2 cup powdered sugar
- Add salt, flour, ground almonds, and toasted chopped almonds
- Wrap dough in plastic wrap or foil, chill 30 minutes
- Shape rounded teaspoons of dough into crescent shapes
- Bake for 15 – 20 minutes, they should still be light, but just beginning to brown
- Cool two minutes before carefully removig from cookie sheet, dust or roll in powdered sugar
Keywords: Polish almond cookie christmas