ALMOND DOUGH

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Use this recipe making our Chocolate-Almond Swirl Cookies.

Provided by Martha Stewart

Categories     Food & Cooking     Dessert & Treats Recipes     Pie & Tarts Recipes

Yield Makes enough for 30 swirl cookies

Number Of Ingredients 8

1 cup whole blanched almonds (5 ounces)
1/2 cup sugar
2/3 cup almond paste (7 ounces)
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
8 tablespoons (one stick) unsalted butter, cut into small pieces
2 large eggs
1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract

Steps:

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Toast nuts on a baking sheet, shaking occasionally, until just darkened, 13 to 15 minutes. Let cool.
  • Pulse sugar, almond paste, flour, and salt in a food processor until very fine. Add toasted nuts; process until finely ground. Add butter, eggs, and vanilla; pulse until combined. On a sheet of plastic wrap, pat dough into a rectangle; wrap. Refrigerate at least one hour or up to one day.

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