These cute and easy holiday almond cookies sparkle like freshly fallen snow!
Almond Sparkle Cookies
- Prep Time 20 min
- Total 1 hr 5 min
- Ingredients 7
- Servings 38
Ingredients
- 1 roll (16.5 oz) refrigerated Pillsbury™ Sugar Cookie Dough
- 1/3 cup roasted blanched whole almonds
- 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/3 cup coarse sugar
- 1/2 cup powdered sugar
- 2 to 3 teaspoons milk
- 1/4 teaspoon almond extract
Instructions
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Step1Heat oven to 350°F.
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Step2Meanwhile, in food processor, place almonds. Cover; process with on-and-off pulses until finely ground.
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Step3In large bowl, break up cookie dough. Add flour and ground almonds; stir with spoon or hands until well blended. (DO NOT EAT RAW COOKIE DOUGH AFTER COMBINING WITH FLOUR.)
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Step4Shape dough into 38 (1-inch) balls. Roll balls in coarse sugar. Place 1 inch apart on ungreased cookie sheets.
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Step5Bake 9 to 12 minutes or until edges are set but not brown. Remove from cookie sheets to cooling rack. Cool completely, about 20 minutes.
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Step6In small bowl, stir powdered sugar, milk and almond extract, adding enough milk for desired drizzling consistency. Drizzle over cooled cookies.
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Nutrition
80
Calories
3g
Total Fat
0g
Protein
12g
Total Carbohydrate
8g
Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Cookie
- Calories
- 80
- Calories from Fat
- 25
- Total Fat
- 3g
- 4%
- Saturated Fat
- 1g
- 4%
- Trans Fat
- 0g
- Cholesterol
- 0mg
- 0%
- Sodium
- 40mg
- 2%
- Potassium
- 10mg
- 0%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 12g
- 4%
- Dietary Fiber
- 0g
- 0%
- Sugars
- 8g
- Protein
- 0g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 0%
- 0%
- Vitamin C
- 0%
- 0%
- Calcium
- 0%
- 0%
- Iron
- 0%
- 0%
Exchanges:
0 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; 1/2 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
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