Almond Vanilla Cookies

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Don't let all the vanilla scare you away. These are excellent cookies. Very nutty and delicately sweet. A fine finish to a heavy or spicy meal. To add a unique taste substitute the vanilla with 1 tablespoon of gin. The original recipe stated that. I have never tried it.

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Steps

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Preheat oven to 350 and cover 2 cookie sheets with parchment paper.

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In a medium bowl , mix together chopped almonds , flour , baking powder and salt , set aside.

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In a large mixing bowl cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy.

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Mix in extracts mix in flour mixture until well blended beat until thoroughly combined.

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Form dough into 36 balls and place a whole almond in center of each ball.

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Bake for about 20 minutes , or until golden brown , check after 15 minutes as i found i needed to turn the temperature down for the second batch.

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Ingredients

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ground almonds, flour, baking powder, salt, butter, sugar, vanilla, almond extract, almonds