Passover Almond Cookies Recipes

PASSOVER ALMOND THUMBPRINT COOKIES

Steps:

• Pulse almonds, sugar, matzo cake meal, and salt in a food processor until finely ground. (Be careful not to grind to a paste.) Transfer to a bowl and stir in butter, egg, and extracts until combined well. Chill dough, covered, until firm, about 30 minutes.
• While dough chills, put oven rack in middle position and preheat oven to 350°F.
• Drop level tablespoons of dough 1 inch apart onto 2 ungreased baking sheets. Roll dough into balls, then chill until slightly firm, about 10 minutes. Make a 1/2-inch-wide (1/3-inch-deep) indentation in center of each ball using your thumb, index finger, or the rounded end of a wooden spoon. Fill each indentation with 1/4 teaspoon jam and bake, 1 sheet at a time, until tops are pale golden and undersides are golden, 14 to 18 minutes. Transfer cookies to a rack and cool completely.

PASSOVER ALMOND COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 325°F Lightly grease (or line with parchment) two baking sheets.
• Blend the almond paste, sugar, and salt until the mixture becomes uniformly crumbly; this is best done in a stand mixer.
• Add the egg whites gradually, while mixing, to make a smooth paste.
• Stir in the flavorings.
• Scoop the dough by heaping tablespoons onto the prepared pans.
• Sprinkle the cookies heavily with confectioners' sugar, then use three fingers to press an indentation into the center of each cookie.
• Bake the cookies for 20 to 25 minutes, until they're brown around the edges. Remove them from the oven, and let them cool right on the pan.

PASSOVER ALMOND CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400.
• Beat eggs and egg whites briefly.
• Mix in all the other ingredients, adding the chocolate chips last.
• Roll into 1 inch balls and place on a greased cookie sheet.
• Bake for 10-15 min until cookie bottoms are brown, but not burnt.
• Let cool briefly, but remove while still warm.

PASSOVER ALMOND MACAROONS

Steps:

• Beat egg yolks well.
• Add sugar, and beat until mixture is lemon colored.
• Add the ground almonds and mix thoroughly.
• Chill for one hour in the refrigerator.
• Preheat oven to 350 F (180 C).
• Take small pieces of the mixture and shape into small balls.
• (I used a melon baller, for a 5/8-3/4" diameter cookie).
• Place the macaroons on a greased baking sheet, 1 inch apart.
• Top with half an almond.
• Bake in the oven for 10 minutes.
• Notes: These cookies spread.
• I have made up to a triple batch with good results.
• Be careful if using a food processor to powder the almonds.
• They seem to turn the nuts into almond butter, rather than a flour-like consistency.

PASSOVER "PB & J" FLOURLESS ALMOND BUTTER COOKIES

Steps:

• Mix all ingredients together in a large bowl until well-blended.
• Use a teaspoon to scoop out a smallish amount.
• Roll into balls and place on parchment-covered baking sheet.
• Carefully press each ball down with a fingertip - balls are fragile, try to keep them from splitting open or you'll lose your jam.
• Balls should resemble a bird's nest.
• With another, clean spoon (we always keep our jams pareve and nut-free - you never know who might be stopping by!), scoop 1/4 to 1/2 a teaspoon of jam or jelly and slide it into the "nest".
• Repeat until all "nests" are full.
• Bake at 350 degrees for 10-12 minutes.
• Allow to cool & solidify before peeling from parchment.
• Finish cooling on wire rack before serving.

ALMOND MACAROONS -- THE PASSOVER COOKIES

Steps:

• Combine all the ingredients, except for the egg whites.
• Stir in the egg whites.
• The dough will be like thick, wet sand.
• Roll into one inch balls.
• Place on a greased (or foil lined, or parchment paper lined) cookie sheet and flatten slightly.
• Press an almond sliver into each cookie.
• Bake at 350°F.
• for 15-20 minutes, until dry and lightly brown.