Almond Cookies

Name: Almond Cookies
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 2 h 5 min
Yield: 50
Cuisine: Europe, Greek
Ingredients: 200 g soft butter; 150 g sugar; 1 Tbsp vanilla sugar; 20 ml ouzo; 2 Eggs; 400 g flour; 125 g ground almonds (peeled); 1 pinch salt; 50 ml orange blossom water (pharmacy); powdered sugar (for dusting)

Prep: 45min

| Servings: 50 | Cook: 20min

Almond cookies are a recipe with fresh ingredients from the cookie category. Try this and other recipes from Spoonsparrow!

Ingredients

200 g soft butter
150 g sugar
1 Tbsp vanilla sugar
20 ml ouzo
2 Eggs
400 g flour
125 g ground almonds (peeled)
1 pinch salt
50 ml orange blossom water (pharmacy)
powdered sugar (for dusting)

Instructions

1.
Whisk the butter with sugar and vanilla sugar until fluffy. Add the ouzo, eggs, flour, almonds, and salt and knead into a dough. Form two rolls, wrap in cling film, and chill in the refrigerator for about 1 hour.
2.
Preheat the oven to 180°C fan (convection).
3.
Divide the dough into about 50 pieces and shape each into small elongated cookies. Place them on baking trays lined with parchment paper, spacing about 2 cm apart. Bake in the oven for 15-20 minutes. Remove, set on a wire rack, and brush with orange blossom water. Dust with powdered sugar and let cool.
4.
Before serving dust again with powdered sugar if desired and serve with coffee.