Almond Orange Cardamom Cookies
Servings
28 Servings
Ingredients
- 1 cup slivered almonds
- 1 cup All-purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons ground cardamom
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter softened
- 1/3 cup powdered sugar
- 1 Egg Yolk
- 2 teaspoons grated orange zest
- 1/2 teaspoon almond extract
- 28 whole natural almonds
Instructions
Preparation
- 1 Spread almonds onto an ungreased baking pan.2 Place in a 350ºF oven and bake about 7 minutes or until golden brown and fragrant; stir once or twice to ensure even browning.3 Place slivered almonds in a food processor and process until finely ground.4 Set aside. Stir together flour, cardamom and salt in a small bowl. Set aside.5 Place the butter in a medium bowl and beat at medium speed until fluffy. Gradually beat in sugar.6 Beat in the egg yolk, orange zest and almond extract.7 Add flour mixture and ground almonds and beat at low speed just until blended. Cover and chill.8 Preheat the oven to 325°F. Line baking sheets with parchment paper.9 Shape tablespoonfuls of dough into balls; place 1-inch apart on prepared baking sheets.10 Press a whole natural almond in the center of each ball. Bake for 15 to 18 minutes or until the underside is lightly browned. Transfer to wire racks to cool.
- Source: Almond Board of California
Question for step 1 and 2: Do you mean roast the whole almonds, or almond slivers?
Question for step 3: Can I just use almond flour, or almond meal instead of slivered? For that matter, since it is going in the food processor anyway, can I just use whole almonds?
Thanks
The idea is to get the pieces of almonds nice and toasted before grinding, it might work to toast already ground almonds, but if you toast whole almonds I don’t know if it will get as toasted. But either way the cookies will work with any kind of ground almonds, the toasting will just add some flavor.