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Almond Pillow Cookies Recipe

Family and friends can't resist buttery cookies with a soft almond center. The confectioners' sugar on top looks like a dusting of snow.—Laura McDowell, Lake Villa, Illinois

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Almond Pillow Cookies Recipe

Prep: 40 min. + chilling Bake: 10 min./batch

Yield: 48 Servings

40 10 50

Ingredients

2 cups butter, softened
2 packages (3 ounces each) cream cheese, softened
2 cups sugar
2 egg yolks
1 teaspoon almond extract
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
4-1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
FILLING:
1 can (8 ounces) almond paste
1/4 cup sugar
1 egg white
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
Confectioners' sugar

Directions

In a large bowl, cream the butter, cream cheese and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in egg yolks and extracts. Combine the flour, salt and baking soda; gradually add to creamed mixture and mix well.
Divide dough into fourths; cover and refrigerate for 2 hours or until easy to handle. In a small bowl, combine almond paste, sugar, egg white and vanilla until blended.
Roll one portion of dough to 3/8-in. thickness. Working quickly, place scant teaspoonfuls of filling 2-1/2 in. apart over half of dough. Fold dough over; press down around filling to seal. Cut out cookies using a scalloped round 2-1/4-in. cutter. Reroll scraps if desired; repeat with remaining dough and filling.
Bake at 350° for 10-14 minutes or until edges are lightly browned. Cool for 1 minute before removing from pans to wire racks. Sprinkle with confectioners' sugar. Yield: about 4 dozen.

Nutritional Facts 1 cookie equals 183 calories, 10 g fat (6 g saturated fat), 33 mg cholesterol, 129 mg sodium, 21 g carbohydrate, 1 g fiber, 2 g protein.

Originally published as Almond Pillow Cookies in Taste of Home Christmas Annual Annual 2010, p139