Stamie's Almond Cookies
Serves: 4
Darlene Legros
1 January 1970
Based on User reviews:
43
Spice
50
Sweetness
52
Sourness
40
mins
Prep time (avg)
4.7
Difficulty
Ingredients:
Directions:
1
Preheat oven to 350 degrees
2
Combine almonds and 1/2 cup sugar and set aside
3
Melt the butter and the shortening mixture together
4
Combine the shortening mixture with 1 1/2 cups sugar in a mixing bowl and mix well
5
Add the 3 eggs and continue mixing until creamy
6
Add the brandy, almond extract, butter flavoring, and the baking powder
7
Mix well
8
Slowly begin adding the flour, and beat until the mixture leaves the side of the bowl
9
Set aside
10
Spray the cookie sheets with cooking spray and then wipe them off
11
Using a small ice-cream scoop, begin cutting the balls out of the dough
12
Press a ball of cookie dough down, using a clear plastic lid from the baking powder can, so they will all be the same size
13
Pick up 1 cookie at a time, and brush with the egg white mixture, and press into the topping mixture
14
Press the cookie down, pick it up to shape it in your hand, and press your finger in the middle to make a dent
15
Bake in the oven for 20 to 25 minutes until golden
16
When serving, put a 1/2 teaspoon of the apricot preserve in the middle of the cookie