Powdered Sugar Almond Cookies

If you are planning on preparing a cookie tray for this holiday season, then you’ll want to include these Powdered Sugar Almond Cookies.  Nut cookies covered in powdered sugar are a holiday classic and are guaranteed to make your cookie tray look festive!

These Powdered Sugar Almond Cookies are made with ground and toasted almonds. They’re a classic and delicate cookie, and though they’re covered in icing sugar, they’re not  overly sweet.  You can often find a variation of these cookies served during the holidays.

This Powdered Sugar Almond Cookie recipe is so easy to make and with so few ingredients you couldn’t ask for better.  This cookie is found in many parts of the world with different names and made with different nuts. If you don’t have any almonds on hand, feel free to use walnuts or pecans in their place.

These cookies freeze really well, just store them in an airtight container with wax paper in between the layers of cookies. Remove them from the freezer a few hours before serving. Right before plating them sift a little more powdered sugar on them to get them looking nice and snowy!

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Powdered Sugar Almond Cookies

These Powdered Sugar Almond Cookies are made with ground and toasted almonds. They're a delicate, not overly sweet classic cookie often served during the holidays.

Course Dessert, Dessert/ snack

Prep Time 40 minutes

Cook Time 15 minutes

Total Time 55 minutes

Servings 50 cookies

Calories 87 kcal

Author Recipe slightly adapted from Ricardo’s Holiday Issue 2014

Ingredients

• 1-1/2 cups ground almonds
• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 1/2 cup toasted almonds finely chopped*
• 1 cup unsalted butter softened
• 1/4 tsp. pure almond extract
• 2 cups confectioner sugar icing

Instructions

1. Position a rack in the center of the oven and heat the oven to 350°F.
2. Line two baking sheets with parchment paper and set aside.
3. In a medium bowl, combine the ground almonds, flour and finely chopped almonds. Set aside.
4. In the bowl of your stand mixer, fitted with the paddle attachment, beat the butter and 1/2 cup of the icing sugar until well blended and fluffy.
5. With the mixer on low speed, add the ground almond mixture and almond extract. Mix until well combined, scraping the sides of the bowl a couple of times.
6. Using a cookie scoop, scoop out balls of dough. Shape each cookie by rolling the dough between your hands. Arrange cookies 1 inch apart onto lined baking sheets.
7. Bake cookies, one sheet at a time, for about 14-16 minutes or until bottoms are golden and tops are slightly coloured and firm to the touch.
8. Let the cookies cool on the sheet for about 5 minutes and then roll each one into the sifted icing sugar.
9. Let the cookies cool completely and roll them in the icing sugar a second time.

Recipe Notes

*To toast almonds, preheat oven to 325°F. Spread almonds on a cookie sheet in a single layer. Make sure to stir every few minutes. Almonds are toasted when they are fragrant and lightly browned, it should take between 8 to 10 minutes.

Nutrition Facts

Powdered Sugar Almond Cookies

Amount Per Serving

Calories 87 Calories from Fat 54

% Daily Value*

Total Fat 6g 9%

Saturated Fat 2g 10%

Cholesterol 9mg 3%

Potassium 13mg 0%

Total Carbohydrates 7g 2%

Sugars 4g

Protein 1g 2%

Vitamin A 2.3%

Calcium 1.2%

Iron 1.6%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

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