COOKIES: This delicious melt-in-mouth cookies are my personal favourites. Hope they'll become yours too.

ALMOND COOKIES:

 

 

 

1 2/3 cup ground almonds

1 egg                                                                           

1 ¼ cup powdered sugar

grated peel of 1 lemon                                                

1 tsp. vanilla extract

1 tsp. baking powder

almond slivers to decorate

 

 

 

Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper.

 

In a bowl, beat eggs with sugar for 3 minutes. Add lemon peel and vanilla. Mix in ground almonds and baking powder; stirring well together.

 

Dampen a large piece of plastic wrap and place mixture in the centre. Form mixture into a 16-inch long roll.  Wrap well and freeze for 1 hour.

 

Cut dough into thin slices; and arrange them on prepared baking sheet, leaving space in between. Return dough to freezer for 30 minutes. Decorate slices with almond slivers.

 

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. If using a convection oven, place baking sheets on 2 oven racks. In an oven without the convection feature, bake cookies in batches, 15 minutes or until golden, for each batch. Remove from oven and transfer baking sheet(s) to a wire rack. Let sit for 2 minutes; then remove cookies from baking trays and arrange them on the rack to cool.