Three-ingredient cookies full of almond goodness.
Ingredients
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1 cup Mandelin Premium Almond Paste
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1 cup Mandelin Blanched Almond Flour
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1 egg white (Vegan option: 1 tablespoon applesauce
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Mandelin Blanched Whole Almonds
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Dark chocolate melting wafers (optional)
Directions
Preheat oven to 375° degrees. Using your hands, mix together almond paste, blanched almond flour, and egg white to form a ball of dough.
Shape dough into ¾-inch balls and space one-inch apart on a baking sheets lined with parchment paper. Press a blanched whole almond into the top of each ball.
Bake cookies for 7–9 minutes. Let cool on sheets on wire racks.
Optional: Coat half in chocolate. Melt dark chocolate melting wafers according to directions on package. Once cookies are cool, remove the blanched almond from the top of the cookie. Dip 1/2 of the cookie in melted chocolate. Put blanched almond back on top of the cookie and place back on the parchment-lined cookie sheet until chocolate is firm.
Recipe Note
Variation:
Substitute Mandelin Natural Almond Paste and Mandelin Natural Almond Flour and prepare as above for a darker, more rustic-looking cookie.