Almond Fingers Recipes

ALMOND FINGERS

Steps:

• Cream butter and sugar.
• Add egg and beat well.
• Beat in almond and vanilla.
• Sift together flour, cinnamon and salt.
• Add to creamed mixture.
• Chilling mixture overnight makes for fuller cookies.
• Take a tablespoon of dough for each cookie shape into fingers and place on greased cookie sheet.
• Sprinkle with sugar.
• Bake at 350° for 20 minutes or until pale golden.
• Cool on rack.
• Dip one side of cookie in chocolate.
• Place on waxed paper till set.

DUTCH ALMOND COOKIES

Steps:

• In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar. Beat in eggs and extract. Combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt; gradually add to the creamed mixture and mix well. Cover and refrigerate for 1 hour or until easy to handle., On a lightly floured surface, roll out dough to 1/4-in. thickness; cut with a floured 2-in. round cookie cutter. Place half of the circles 2 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets. Crumble 1/2 teaspoon almond paste over each; top with remaining circles. Pinch edges to seal., Cut a small slit in top of each cookie. Brush with egg white. Press an almond in each slit. Bake at 350° for 10-12 minutes or until lightly browned. Remove to wire racks to cool.

ALMOND FINGERS

Steps:

• Cream butter and sugar.
• Add flour a little at a time.
• Add ground almonds.
• Form into fingers.
• Place on cookie sheet about 1 inch apart. Bake in a 325 degree oven for about 30 minutes.