Almond Thumbprint Cookies

Name: Almond Thumbprint Cookies
Prep time: 5 h
Cook time: 5 h
Total time: 5 h
Yield: 24
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 0 teaspoons almond extract; 177 milliliters sliced blanched almonds, toasted and cooled; 1 large egg, lightly beaten; 2 Tbsps About fruit jam, such as raspberry, strawberry, or apricot; 158 milliliters matzo cake meal; 0 teaspoons salt; 158 milliliters sugar; 118 milliliters stick unsalted butter, melted and cooled slightly; 1 teaspoons vanilla extract

You can never have too many dessert recipes, so give Almond Thumbprint Cookies a try. This recipe covers 2% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe makes 24 servings with 101 calories, 2g of protein, and 6g of fat each. Head to the store and pick up almond extract, butter, salt, and a few other things to make it today. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes about 5 hours.

Instructions

Pulse almonds, sugar, matzo cake meal, and salt in a food processor until finely ground. (Be careful not to grind to a paste.)

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Transfer to a bowl and stir in butter, egg, and extracts until combined well. Chill dough, covered, until firm, about 30 minutes.

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While dough chills, put oven rack in middle position and preheat oven to 350°F.

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Drop level tablespoons of dough 1 inch apart onto 2 ungreased baking sheets.

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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, 10 to 12 minutes.

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