1 cup butter
1/3 cup powdered sugar
1 1/2 to 2 cups flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 cup ground almonds (approx.)
Extra powdered sugar (about 1/3 cup)
Mix all together and form into 1 inch balls. Bake at 275 for about 20 minutes. Cool slightly and while still warm, roll in powdered sugar. WHen cool roll in powdered sugar again.
Terrilacy, how many cookies does this make?
I'm not kidding, I'm making them right now. This just sounds like the most heavenly recipe I have ever heard.
wow I might even try those and I am picky about cookies.....not in the way you think!!! I think it's a lot of work to make little cakes--so I usually do big cakes instead!
That almond shortbread is very close to the same thing that Mexican Wedding Cakes are
Mexican Wedding Cakes
Makes about 48
1/2 cup powdered sugar
1 cup butter, softened
2 teaspoons vanilla
2 cups all-pupose flour
1 cup finely chopped almonds or pecans
1/4 teaspoon salt
powdered sugar
Pre-heat oven to 325 F. In a large bowl combine 1/2 cup powdered sugar, butter and vanilla. Blend well. Stir in flour, nuts and salt until dough holds together. Shape into 1-inch balls. Place inch apart on ungreased cookie sheets. Bake for 15-20 minutes until set but not brown. Immediately remove from cookie sheets. Cool slightly and roll in powdered sugar. Cool completely and reroll in powdered sugar.
cream together butter & sugar till fluffy. Preheat oven to 400F.
add:
1 whole egg
1 egg yolk (save the white separately)
1 tsp. vanilla
1 tsp. grated lemon zest
beat well. Then add
3 c. flour
1/4 tsp. salt
beat together until it looks like crumbs. Mash into a ball.
Rub flour on a very clean kitchen countertop, and roll out the dough very thin, as thin as you can get it. 1/8" thin at least, or thinner. Cut w/ cookie cutters, then gently place on a greased cookie sheet with a spatula. Brush the tops of the cookies with egg white beaten with 1 tbsp. water, then sprinkle colored sugar on them. Bake about 7 minutes, until lightly brown around the edges. Immediately put the cookies on a rack to cool when done. Very fragile, do not ship well.