Best Poppy Seed Almond Cookies Recipes

POPPY SEED-ALMOND COOKIES

Steps:

• Cream sugar and margarine at medium speed of a mixer until fluffy (about 3 minutes).
• Add corn syrup, extract, egg, and egg white; beat well.
• Combine flour, poppy seeds, and baking soda; stir.
• Add to creamed mixture, beating well.
• Drop dough by rounded tablespoons onto baking sheets coated with cooking spray.
• Bake at 350° for 10 minutes or until lightly browned; let cool on pans 1 minute.
• Remove from pans, and let cool completely on wire racks.

LEMON-POPPY SEED-ALMOND COOKIES

Steps:

• In a small bowl, whisk together the flour, poppy seeds, and salt.
• In a mixing bowl, cream the butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the egg yolks, vanilla and lemon zest; scrape down the sides of the bowl.
• At low speed gradually beat in flour mixture, just until incorporated.
• Cover bowl with plastic and refrigerate for at least 1 hour.
• In a food processor fitted with a metal blade, process the almonds until very fine. Do not overprocess to a "butter".
• Transfer nuts to a small bowl.
• Preheat oven to 350°F
• Measure level tablespoons of dough and roll them between the palms of your hands to form balls.
• Drop each ball, as soon as it is formed, into the nuts and shake the bowl to twirl the ball around, coating it well with the nuts. Place the nut-covered balls on ungreased cookie sheet, 2 inches apart.
• Bake 8-12 minutes, or until bottoms are browned. For even baking, rotate the sheets from back to front halfway through the baking period.
• Transfer to wire rack to cool completely. Sprinkle lightly with powdered sugar.
• Store in an airtight container at room temperature or in the freezer.

POPPY SEED ALMOND COOKIES

Steps:

• Cream sugar and margarine at med speed until fluffy (about 3 min). Add corn syrup, extract, egg, egg white; beat well. Combine flour, poppy seed and baking soda; stir. Add to creamed mixture, beating well. Drop dough by T onto baking sheets coated with cooking spray. Bake at 350 for 10 min or until lightly browned; let cool on pans 1 min. Remove from pans, and let cool completely on wire racks.