ITALIAN ALMOND COOKIES

THESE ITALIAN ALMOND COOKIES ARE A SOFT CUT OUT COOKIE, FAST AND EASY TO MAKE.  MADE WITH ONLY 6 INGREDIENTS THEY MAKE A NICE ADDITION TO YOUR HOLIDAY COOKIE TRAY.

Italians love two things in their sweets, lemons and almonds. And a dusting of icing sugar doesn’t hurt either.

This year I decided to share one of the Italian’s favourite Christmas Cookies, Almond Cookies, plain and simple.

These cookies are a little like a buttery shortbread but with that extra taste of almond.  The perfect cut out cookie. And the best thing?  You need just one bowl and a fork.

Ingredients

• 1 cup all purpose flour
• 1/2 cup + 1 tablespoon almond flour
• 1/4 cup granulated sugar
• 1 egg yolk
• 1/3 cup + 1 1/2 tablespoon butter (softened)
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla

Instructions

1. In a large bowl whisk together the flours and sugar then make a well in the middle and add the egg yolk, butter and vanilla, mix with a fork until almost combined. 
2. Move to a lightly floured flat surface and gently knead into a compact ball, wrap in plastic and refrigerate for one hour.
3. Pre-heat oven to 350 F (180C) and line cookie sheets with parchment paper.
4. Remove the dough from the fridge and on a lightly floured flat surface roll into a 1/4 inch (1/2 cm) thick rectangle, with your favourite cookie cutter cut out cookies (I used mini cutters and got a lot of cookies, the first photo I used a medium round cutter and I got 15 cookies).
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For full instructions please see : anitalianinmykitchen.com

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