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Nancy Fahey
North Kingstown, Rhode Island
Jazz up classic sugar cookies with a double hit of almonds and a hint of apricot.
Almond Café Cookies
- Prep Time 30 min
- Total 1 hr 10 min
- Ingredients 6
- Servings 24
Ingredients
- 2 packages (16 oz) refrigerated Pillsbury™ Ready to Bake!™ Sugar Cookie Dough (24 Count)
- 8 oz almond paste
- 2 tablespoons apricot preserves
- 1 cup Pillsbury BEST® All Purpose Flour
- 2 egg whites
- 1 1/4 cups sliced almonds
Instructions
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Step1Heat oven to 375°F. Line large cookie sheets with parchment paper.
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Step2In large bowl, break up cookie dough and almond paste. Add flour and preserves; knead until well blended and mixture forms a ball. (DO NOT EAT RAW COOKIE DOUGH AFTER COMBINING WITH FLOUR.) Pat into 6x9-inch rectangle. Cut into 24 pieces.
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Step3In small bowl, beat egg whites with fork or wire whisk until foamy. In another small bowl, place almonds.
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Step4Shape each dough piece into ball. Flatten to 3-inch round. Dip one flat side into egg whites, coating one side only. Place coated side down onto almond slices. Lightly press to coat with almonds. Place 2 inches apart on cookie sheets, almond side up.
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Step5Bake 13 to 18 minutes or until cookies are light golden brown. Cool on cookie sheets 2 minutes; remove to cooling racks. Cool completely, about 20 minutes. Store in covered container.
Nutrition
270
Calories
13g
Total Fat
4g
Protein
34g
Total Carbohydrate
5g
Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Serving
- Calories
- 270
- Calories from Fat
- 110
- Total Fat
- 13g
- 20%
- Saturated Fat
- 3g
- 14%
- Trans Fat
- 0g
- Cholesterol
- 0mg
- 0%
- Sodium
- 100mg
- 4%
- Potassium
- 80mg
- 2%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 34g
- 11%
- Dietary Fiber
- 1g
- 5%
- Sugars
- 5g
- Protein
- 4g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 0%
- 0%
- Vitamin C
- 0%
- 0%
- Calcium
- 2%
- 2%
- Iron
- 6%
- 6%
Exchanges:
1 1/2 Starch; 0 Fruit; 1 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 2 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
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