Amaretto Butter Cookies

[jglass]

Amaretto Butter Cookies

Yield
Makes about 3 dozen cookies

Ingredients
About 1 cup (1/2 lb.) butter or margarine at room temperature
1 cup sugar
1 large egg, separated
3 tablespoons almond-flavored liqueur, such as amaretto, or 1 tablespon almond extract
2 teaspoons grated orange peel
2 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 1/4 cups sliced almonds
Preparation

1. In a large bowl, with a mixer on medium speed, beat 1 cup butter and sugar until smooth. Add egg yolk, liqueur, and orange peel and beat until well blended.

2. In another bowl, mix 2 cups flour, baking powder, and salt. Add to butter mixture; stir to mix, then beat until well blended. Gather dough into a ball, divide in half, and flatten each portion into a disk; wrap each tightly in plastic wrap and freeze until firm enough to roll without sticking, about 30 minutes.

3. Unwrap dough. On a lightly floured surface, with a floured rolling pin, roll one disk at a time to about 1/4 inch thick. With a floured, 2-inch round cutter, cut out cookies. Place about 2 inches apart on buttered 12- by 15-inch baking sheets. Gather excess dough into a ball, reroll, and cut out remaining cookies.

4.In a small bowl, beat egg white with 1 teaspoon water to blend. Brush cookies with mixture and sprinkle or arrange about 1/2 teaspoon sliced almonds on each.

5. Bake cookies in a 325º regular or convection oven until lightly browned, about 15 minutes; if baking two sheets at once in one oven, switch their positions halfway through cooking. Let cookies cool on sheets for 5 minutes, then use a wide spatula to transfer to racks to cool completely.

[dianncy64]

I'll have to make these today~ was looking for a cookie recipe to make today and this, hands down, is it

Thank you for the recipe~~~ It has to be delicious because it has orange peel and almond/amaretto flavoring in it~

[jglass]

Im going to make them myself but I need to pick up some more amaretto first. I only have a couple teaspoons left in my little bottle.

[dianncy64]

jglass,

I made your cookies last evening, very delicious and my son ate them too, he doesn't care for almond but loved these cookies.

I chose to use the almond extract and very important, I learned, don't let the cookies cook past 15 minutes because they go to hard after 15 minutes and the full flavor of the cookie is at 15 minutes.

My son asked me to make these for Christmas and this recipe is now going to be incorporated in my Christmas baking this year.

Definitely thank you for posting this recipe jglass

[jglass]

Im glad you guys liked them. I wish I could remember which site I got them from.

[dianncy64]

Doesn't matter ~ the recipe is great ~ right now I'm making your chocolate orange cream cheese cake, it smells good~ should come on over, I'll put on a pot of coffee too and freeze some glasses for milk