Almonds Cookies

Ingredients:

All purpose flour- 2cups( sifted),
Salted butter- 1 cup,
White powdered sugar- 1/2 cup,
Light brown sugar( powdered)- 1/4 cup,
Almond meal or powder- 40 gms or 1/4 cup( grind almonds with 1 tbsp of flour to make it powder),
Egg- 1,
Vanilla extract- 1tsp,
Baking powder- 1 and 1/2 tsp,
Almond sliced- 4 tbsp,
Icing sugar ( sifted)- 4 tbsp for dusting the dough balls.

Method :

Line 2 trays with wax paper.
Pre- heat oven to 350 F or 180 C.
Sift flour and baking powder in a bowl.

Add powdered almond to the flour and whisk together and keep aside.

In bowl of your mixer put butter and beat till soft ( 1 minute).

Add white and brown sugar and beat until light and fluffy.

Beat in the egg and vanilla essence.

Beat for 2 minutes.

Gradually add the flour mixture and mix till combined.

Remove the mixer and gather the dough and make a ball.
Wrap the dough in plastic or cling film and put in the fridge for 20 minutes.

Take out the dough from the fridge and make small balls ( fill 1 measuring tbsp with dough to make uniform size cookies).

Take a small bowl and put 4 tbsp of sieved icing sugar in it.

Roll each ball in the sugar and place it on the baking tray lined with butter paper leaving 2 inch space between each cookies.

Flatten each cookie with the bottom of a glass to 1/4 inch thickness.

Press 3 almond slices into the center of each cookie.

Bake the cookies at 180C for 18 to 20 minutes or until edges are lightly browned.

Remove the tray from the oven and let it cool for 2 minutes before removing to wire rack.

Remove the cookies from the butter paper after 5 minutes and then leave it to cool on wire rack

Keep in air tight container  and can be kept for several weeks. 

Makes- 2 dozen cookies