Almond Sugar Cookies

Ingredients

• 75 g ground almonds
• 170 g all-purpose flour
• 260 g powdered sugar
• pinch of salt
• 170 g butter (room-temperature)
• 0.5 ts vanilla essence
• 50 g powder sugar to dust

Instructions

1. 1

   Set the oven to 160°C / 320°F.

2. 2

   Put ground almonds, flour, powdered sugar and a...: Put ground almonds, flour, powdered sugar and a pinch of salt in a large bowl. Mix the ingredients and add vanilla essence.

3. 3

   Cut room-temperature butter into small chunks and add...: Cut room-temperature butter into small chunks and add to the flour mix. Use your hands to incorporate the butter into the flour and knead until you get a smooth and shiny dough.

4. 4

   Dust your counter top or board with flour...: Dust your counter top or board with flour and roll out the dough about 2 cm thick. Cut out cookie shapes to your liking. I used a small shot glass for smallish round cookies.

5. 5

   Line your baking tray with baking paper and...: Line your baking tray with baking paper and place cookies on top. Make sure you leave gaps between cookies of about 2 cm.

6. 6

   Bake cookies for about 10 minutes, until they...: Bake cookies for about 10 minutes, until they turn golden brown. Remove from oven and set on a cooling rack to cool. Before serving you can dust with powder sugar for decoration.