Almond Shortbread Tea Cookie Recipe
One of my favorite things about the Holiday Season is the baking. I love to bake, but I really love to make things that taste wonderful. With these High quality Nielsen-Massey Pure Extracts, I have gotten a really full rich flavor in everything that I have tried them in.
I received an assortment of Nielsen-Massey pure extracts in exchange for this post. All opinions are my own.
Pure Coffee Extract: I had never really tried anything like this before. I have found when adding it to my chocolate recipes, it really enhances the chocolate in a deeper way. One of the finest ways I have found to use this, is 1/4 tsp. added into my cup of Hot cocoa, makes it into an instant mocha. Very good!
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Pure Almond Extract: I love Almond Extract and the things that you can use it in. I was talking with my mom the other day telling her about this Pure Almond Extract that I was trying and these are a few of her favorite things to use it in. ” She adds it to her sour cherry pie filling, frosting for the tops of her cinnamon rolls, and when she makes her Danish Dutch Pastry. I really wanted to make cookies but did not want to have a huge batch of cookies around to eat so I created an Almond shortbread tea cookie.
- 1 cup flour (I used ½ cup almond flour and ½ cup fresh ground spelt flour)
- ¼ tsp baking powder
- ⅛ tsp salt
- ½ cup confectioners sugar ( powdered sugar)
- 1 tsp Nielsen-Massey pure almond extract
- ½ cup butter
- I creamed together butter and sugar then added the Nielsen-Massey pure almond extract. Then stir in all the other ingredients until smooth. I then used a small scoop and made 1" balls, this recipe only made 13 cookies. It was the perfect amount for us, We did not want a bunch of cookies sitting around for us to eat. This also makes a nice plate of cookies to offer for tea with a friend or 4.
- After the cookies were on the sheet I used a fork to press them out a bit. These cookies spread and turn into a thin crispy cookie. If you want them to not spread so thin, you can add a couple more tablespoons of flour to the batch. Bake at 350 degree's for about 10 minutes or until golden brown. Let stand a bit before removing from pan.
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