This is a fix-ahead dough for cookies. I like to make up a batch in the morning before I do the breakfast clean up and then bake them later in the day for a surprise treat or dessert. No weird ingredients, just nice, simple cookies.
Almond Butter Cookies
1 cup butter
1 cup confectioners' sugar
1 teaspoon almond extract
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 cup finely chopped almonds
Beat butter with ½ cup sugar until light and fluffy. Add remaining ingredients, mixing well. Cover and refrigerate until well-chilled.
Shape dough into ½ inch rolls. Cut off two-inch pieces and taper ends of each before bending them into a crescent shape. Bake at 350 degrees for approximately 15 minutes or until golden brown. When cool, dust with remaining sugar.
Makes approximately two dozen cookies.
Ideas . . .
Instead of the powdered sugar dusting, a drizzle of almond icing is nice.
I've done them with chocolate icing, too. The stripes of dark icing against the pale cookies is pretty.
If you decide on icing, some colorful sprinkles wouldn't be out of bounds.
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