Amy, U Try It, warns that these cookies are addictive. After I ate the first one I thought, hmmm they’re pretty good – crispy and crunchy with a nice almond flavor. Then a little while later I found myself craving another one, and then another, and then another.
I also noticed my son and my husband kept going back for another and then another too. Yep, definitely addicting. (I won’t mention the other son who complained he only got two and his dad said you snooze you lose. lol)
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These are such a pretty cookie too. As soon as I saw them, I wanted to make them. Apparently they sell them at Chinese bakeries, but I’ve never been to a Chinese bakery and they were new to me.
The original recipe said it made 42 teaspoon size cookies, but I was too impatient to make them that little and I use my littlest cookie scoop instead. I only got about 2 dozen cookies.
These would be the perfect dessert after a wonderful Asian meal. I also thought they were the perfect cookie to start my annual 12 Weeks of Christmas Cookies posts.
Once again, I’m joining other talented food bloggers who will post a new holiday cookie or other sweet recipe every Thursday for the next 12 weeks. Hopefully, we’ll all end up with some great ideas and fabulous cookies to give away to friends and family for Christmas. Can you believe Christmas is only 12 weeks away?
Thanks Amy for sharing your Almond Cookie Crisps recipe. Stop by U Try It to check out all of Amy’s delicious recipes.
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Almond Cookie Crisps for 12 weeks of Christmas Cookies
Ingredients
- 2 large egg whites room temperature
- a pinch of kosher salt
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
- ¼ cup plus 2 tablespoons castor sugar fine granulated sugar
- ¼ cup plus 2 tablespoons all purpose flour
- 1 cup almond slices
- 2 ½ tablespoons butter melted
Instructions
- Preheat oven 325F. Line baking sheet with silicone baking mat or parchment paper.
- In a small mixing bowl, beat egg white, salt, vanilla extract and sugar until foamy. Whisk until sugar is completely dissolved. Whisk in flour until no lumps. Then, gently fold in almond slices and butter.
- Spoon 1 tablespoon of batter onto prepared baking sheet and spread batter into a 2 to 3-inch circle. (I used a little offset spatula to spread them.) Make sure the almonds flakes are not overlapping. Spoon the rest of the batter on baking sheet with each cookie at least 1-inch apart. (I was able to cook about 9 per tray.)
- Bake 9 to 12 minutes depending on their size, rotate baking sheet once during baking. Bake until slightly golden brown. Remove from baking sheet and cool completely on wire rack. Cookies will crisp up once completely cool.
Notes
If you’re interested in joining us for 12 Weeks of Christmas Cookies contact Brenda, Meal Planning Magic, mealmagic at gmail dot com. Be sure and check out all of the fabulous cookies the other 12 weeks of Christmas Cookies bakers baked up for this week.
Barbara
I copied that recipe even before I commented!! That’s how good they look. I do love almond anything, Barbara, and these crisp cookies look fabulous.
(Wish I could join the 12 weeks of cookies, but doing the Gourmet 50 women on Fridays is about all I can handle! But I’ll be reading!)
Trisha
Barbara, these cookies look fantastic. They are new to me too. I’m very eager to try these out!
Dorothy @ Crazy for Crust
I’m making these for sure! I love almonds in baked goods so much. Thanks for the great recipe!
Becki's Whole Life
So, there are only 12 weeks til Christmas – where did the other 39 or so weeks go this year??
This look great. I love the almond cookies from Chinese restaurants and I would much rather have them than fortune cookies which are always kind of blah….I will have to try these! The ones that I have had are really chewy on the inside – soo good!
Libby
Awesome! Nothing like Almond Cookies of almost any kind and some lovely tea.
Tracy
Oh I love the look of these; so pretty! I’m sure these would be snatched up off any cookie tray!
Jamie
So glad to be baking again with you Barbara. This cookie looks very unique. I love that it has few ingredients and it would be perfect with a cup of tea. Looking forward to seeing what else you bake up.
Claire @ Claire K Creations
Ok I won’t be making these. I definitely can’t have something so addictive in my house as I would have no control. I am a sucker for cookies with almond and these sound delicious. I can’t believe Christmas is only 12 weeks away!
Lori @ RecipeGirl
Man, you’re starting early!! These look great. Almonds in cookies are a-okay with me.
Blond Duck
Oh lord, I need one of these to spur me into Christmas shopping!
Juliana
Barbara, I love these almond crisps and often make them…will try your recipe.
Hope you are having a great week and look forward to more cookies 🙂
Alison @ Ingredients, Inc
These are fabulous! bookmarked!
Amy
What a lovely post. I’m glad you and your family love these cookies. I think I made these cookies way thinner than yours. That was why there were more cookies in a batch. 🙂 But I’m sure yours tasted just as delicious. Thanks for the shout out and trying my recipe. Take care.
Amy
Barbara
Thanks for checking out my post. They don’t look very thin in the pictures, but I spread them as thin as my patience would allow. 🙂
Cheah
Yummy almond crisps. Bet it’s everybody’s favourite.
JG
Those dainty cookies are bursting with almonds! Yummy! I’ve never visited a Chinese bakery, either, so I’ll need to make these to enjoy after dinner.
~Judy
Katrina
Those look great. I would love them and eat them all because my husband doesn’t like crispy cookies. I emailed you about the link and I think I’ve figured it out. Thanks!
kita
Oooh! I have a stockpile of almonds at the moment (a grocery shopping list slip up) and was wondering what to do with all of them! These cookies sound great.
Pam @ From Apples To Zucchini
Your cookies look fantastic, and I just happened to come across some almonds in my freezer yesterday! Happy to be baking along with you again this year!
Lorraine @ Not Quite Nigella
YAY I love your cookie recipes mum! And I haven’t seen those in Chinese bakeries either but we seem to have slightly different things here 🙂 And I shall heed your warning too! 🙂 xxx
Rosa
Wow, it has already started!!! I’m getting shivers… I am still in a summer modus. ;-P
Those cookies look amazing!
Cheers,
Rosa