Nutrition Facts

  • One serving:
  • (1 each)
  • Calories:
  • 146
  • Fat:
  • 9 g
  • Saturated Fat:
  • 4 g
  • Cholesterol:
  • 15 mg
  • Sodium:
  • 58 mg
  • Carbohydrate:
  • 17 g
  • Fiber:
  • 1 g
  • Protein:
  • 2 g




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These are my family's favorite Christmas cookies. If you arrange the slivered almonds in pinwheel fashion, the cookie looks like a poinsettia.

SERVINGS: 20

CATEGORY: Dessert

METHOD: Baked

TIME: Prep: 30 min. + chilling Bake: 10 min./batch + cooling

Ingredients:

  • 1 cup all-purpose flour
  • 2/3 cup finely chopped almonds
  • 1/3 cup sugar
  • 1/2 cup cold butter
  • 1/2 cup raspberry jam
  • FROSTING:
  • 1 square (1 ounce) unsweetened chocolate, melted and cooled
  • 1/3 cup confectioners' sugar
  • 2 tablespoons butter, softened
  • Slivered almonds

Directions:

In a bowl, combine flour, chopped almonds and sugar. Cut in butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Form into a ball; cover and refrigerate for 1 hour.
    On a floured surface, roll the dough to 1/8-in. thickness. Cut with a 2-in. round cutter and place 1 in. apart on greased baking sheets. Bake at 375° for 7-10 minutes or until the edges are lightly browned. Remove to wire racks to cool completely. Spread 1/2 teaspoon jam on half of the cookies; top with another cookie.
    For frosting, combine chocolate, confectioners' sugar and butter . Spread on tops of cookies. Decorate with slivered almonds. Yield: 20 sandwich cookies.


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