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Almond Sugar Cookies Recipe

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It's a tradition in our house to start baking Christmas cookies early in the season and try some new recipes every year. This nutty glazed melt-in-your-mouth cookie is one of my favorites. -Lisa Hummell Phillipsburg, New Jersey

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Almond Sugar Cookies Recipe

Prep/Total Time: 30 min.

Yield: 27 Servings

20 10 30

Ingredients

1 cup butter, softened
3/4 cup sugar
1 teaspoon almond extract
2 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
Additional sugar
GLAZE:
1 cup confectioners' sugar
1-1/2 teaspoons almond extract
2 to 3 teaspoons water
Green food coloring, optional
Sliced almonds, toasted

Directions

In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in almond extract. Combine the flour, baking powder and salt; gradually add to creamed mixture and mix well. Roll into 1-in. balls.
Place 2 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets. Coat bottom of a glass with cooking spray; dip in sugar. Flatten cookies with prepared glass, dipping glass in sugar again as needed.
Bake at 400° for 7-9 minutes or until edges are lightly browned. Cool for 1 minute before removing to wire racks.
In a small bowl, whisk together the confectioners' sugar, almond extract and enough water to achieve glaze consistency. Tint with food coloring if desired; drizzle over cookies. Sprinkle with almonds. Yield: about 4-1/2 dozen.

Originally published as Almond Sugar Cookies in Taste of Home December/January 2004, p27

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Reviewed on Feb. 07, 2013 by germanycook

A very classy tasty cookie - they do melt in your mouth. If you have problems with the dough sticking together, be sure to mix the flour mixture in very well. Then when you roll each ball of dough out, I give it a good squeeze to compact it - worked great for me. I think I made the dough balls a bit big though, I only got 3 dozen, but they are worth it!

Reviewed on May. 23, 2012 by Sascha18

I didn't have as great of luck with this recipe-I'm going to blame it on high altitude here in Colorado. My last batch turned out the best because I barely flattened the cookies (just enough to get the sugar on top) and only cooked them for five minutes. When I cooked them for seven minutes and really flattened them, they turned out overcooked and too flat.

Reviewed on Feb. 09, 2012 by carolclev

These were great even without the icing!!

Reviewed on Feb. 03, 2012 by Aredhotchili

I received a box of jam filled cookies at Christmas that were an almond flavored type sugar cookie. I decided to try to replicate them and used this recipe. I think mine were better! I filled the warm cookies with heated fruit spread and pressed two together to make a sandwich. They were so good, so sweet and buttery, I giggled with delight. I can't wait to share them with my mom!

Reviewed on Dec. 18, 2011 by scupples4

These sugar cookies are great when you are craving real homemade sugar cookies, but don't have the time for all the cutouts and frosting. YUMMY

Reviewed on Dec. 08, 2011 by bltbananas

This recipe seems to be missing a couple of eggs. It was very dry like powder and would not roll into a ball, then I did add a couple of eggs. It worked out well. However, I really did not like the flavor at all and the glaze was not good either. My son hated this one as well.

Reviewed on Nov. 28, 2011 by cookbookmom

These really are an excellent cookie.

Reviewed on Feb. 04, 2011 by wdmom

These cookies are so melt-in-your mouth good! This is more of a shortbread cookie than traditional sugar cookie. We make lots of cookies at our house and this is a new favorite. We followed the recipe exactly although we omitted the sliced almonds on top. My daughter is making a batch right now with pink drizzled frosting for a valentines' party!

Reviewed on Dec. 21, 2010 by Xzercie

These cookies are delicious and pretty! My husband likes them without the frosting, but where is the fun in that?

Reviewed on Dec. 11, 2010 by kkluv2cook

cookies were GREAT my kids loved them and their dad who is not a fan of almond was amazed by the flavor! would def make again!

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