Best Almond Christmas Cookies Recipes

MANDELSPRITZGEBäCK (GERMAN CHRISTMAS ALMOND COOKIES)

Steps:

• Preheat oven (375°F, 190°C).
• Grease baking trays.
• Mix butter with sugar until creamy. Add egg and egg yolk and mix until foamy.
• Add almonds and a few drops oil of bitter almonds.
• Add flour (mixed with baking powder) little by little and mix. The dough should be elastic, but will not be smooth.
• Fill in the dough into a cookie press with big star nozzle or better into a meat grinder with a big star nozzle.
• Make/press dough strings of about 2 to 3-inches. Form dough strings into rings, "S", horseshoes or any other shapes you like and place on baking tray.
• Bake for about 12 minutes. Cookies should still be light.
• NOTE: Oil of bitter almonds: if you can't find it, use almond extract.
• NOTE on cookie press: the dough is elastic but not smooth. So using a simple icing bag could be difficult. I use a meat grinder with a special cookie star nozzle. You can use a suited cookie press.
• NOTE on custom yield: I really can't give the correct custom yield. But the amount will make several baking trays. Baking time is given for one tray.

CHRISTMAS (KISSMAS) ALMOND COOKIES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 375°F Grease cookie sheet. Remove wrappers from chocolate pieces.
• Beat butter, shortening, brown sugar and granulated sugar in large bowl until fluffy. Add egg and almond extract; beat until blended. Stir together flour, baking soda and salt; add to butter mixture, beating until well blended. Stir in cherries.
• Roll dough into 1-inch balls. Combine egg white and water; beat with fork until foamy. Roll balls in egg white, then in walnuts or almonds. Place on prepared cookie sheet.
• Bake 10 to 12 minutes or until lightly browned. Remove from oven and immediately place chocolate piece on top of each cookie, pressing down gently so that cookie cracks around the edge. Cool 1 minute; remove from cookie sheet to wire rack. Allow cookies to cool until chocolate piece is set, about 3 hours. About 4 dozen cookies.

ALMOND CHRISTMAS COOKIES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F.
• You will need cookie sheets and parchment paper.
• Beat the shortening, butter, sugar, egg yolks, and almond extract in a medium bowl with an electric mixer until mixture is creamy.
• Slowly add the flour. Once it's completely mixed take mixture out of the bowl and lightly knead the dough. Do not over knead as it's only to incorporate all the ingredients.
• Form 1 inch balls or use a medium sized cookie scoop. Place them on the parchment lined cookie sheets leaving a 1 inch space in between. With your finger lightly press the center of each ball. Decorate them with the almonds, cherries, or colored sugar.
• Finally bake them for about 8-10 minutes.
• Place on a cooling rack and let completely cool, and ENJOY!!

ALMOND CHRISTMAS TREE COOKIES

Steps:

• Pre-heat oven to 375 degrees.
• Sift flour& baking powder.
• Set aside.
• Cream margerine,shortening& sugar.
• Beat in egg& almond extract.
• Gradually blend in flour mixture.
• Tint dough with a few drops of green food coloring.
• Mix well.
• Fill a cookie press.
• Use the tree plate.
• form cookies on a ungreased cookie sheets.
• decorate with the candies,or colored sugar.
• Bake 8-10 minute.
• Remove at once to cooling racks.
• 6 dozen cookies.

MACADAMIA-ALMOND CHRISTMAS COOKIES

Steps:

• Put the macadamia nuts in a food processor and process until smooth and buttery (this should measure about 1 cup). Add the sugar, butter and shortening and pulse until blended. Add the eggs and vanilla and almond extracts and pulse until blended. Add the flour, baking soda and salt and pulse until just incorporated. Transfer the cookie dough to a medium bowl and fold in the white chocolate chips, pistachios and cranberries. Cover and refrigerate the dough for 30 minutes. Adjust the oven racks to the upper and lower thirds and preheat the oven to 375 degrees F. Coat 2 baking sheets with cooking spray.
• Scoop out heaping tablespoons of dough, roll into balls and space about 2 inches apart on the prepared baking sheets. (You will need to bake the cookies in batches; be sure to allow the baking sheets to cool in between batches.)
• Bake until the bottoms and edges of the cookies are golden brown but the middles are still soft, about 10 minutes. (The cookies will bake a bit after they come out of the oven) Press a chocolate candy kiss into each warm cookie. Allow the cookies to cool on the baking sheet for a few minutes and then transfer to a rack to cool completely. Store at room temperature in an airtight container for up to 3 days.