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My aayi keeps reminding me about nutritional values of almonds and suggests me to add it to my diet. Every time she told me about it, I would go and buy one pack of almond. Last week, I found I had a huge pack of almonds at home. So I thought of making cookies with them. I tried the first recipe that I found
from here. I changed it a bit to suit our taste and also make them eggless. The cookies turned out to be awesome. I am going to make some more again now.
Ingredients:
1/2 cup butter
1/2 cup all purpose flour
1 cup(150gms) almonds
1/2 tea spn baking powder
3/4 cup sugar
1 tea spn vanilla extract
1/4 tea spn salt
Few chocolate morsels(optional)
Method:
Grind almonds into powder – it need not become very fine. Keep aside.
Preheat the oven at 375F for about 10mins.
Mix butter and sugar till they form a uniform mixture.
Now add almond powder, baking powder, vanilla extract, salt, all purpose flour and mix.
Make small balls from the mixture and keep them on a greased cookie sheet. Leave enough space between two balls as the cookies expand after baking.
Keep one chocolate morsel on the cookie (optional). Bake at 375F for about 12-15mins.
When they are cooled to room temperature, they become very crispy.
Makes about 2 dozen cookies
hi shilpa,
December 27th, 2008 at 9:40 pmthanks once again for the wonderful eggless cookie recepi. will efenetly try this out.:)
Very tasty cookies.Recently i posted almond cookies in my blog but my version has too many ingredients and quiet confusing.This is really simple but photo is not that attractive.Anyway i am posting jam centered cookies recipe now.Hope you will like it.
December 28th, 2008 at 5:05 amBest regards
Sindhura
http://sindhura-bayleaf.blogspot.com
hi….. its very good and though simple recipe..must try it….
one question…. in the picture why the bottom of cookies looks more brown bcoz from top they don’t look like burned to me….\\
thanks…..
Shilpa: Nusrat, I had used a butter based baking spray on the sheet which made the bottom brown and very crispy.
December 28th, 2008 at 9:21 amhi
always thks for ur wonderful recepies
do u have recepies for water chestnut indian style
thks keep it up
December 28th, 2008 at 12:05 pmI think we can also use almond meal directly. Can you let me know if you beat the butter and sugar together or simply mixed it?
Shilpa: The main purpose of beating both together to get any uniform mix without having any loose sugar. So mix it as much as you can.
December 28th, 2008 at 3:40 pmhi
December 29th, 2008 at 11:40 amwishing you a very happy new year…………i have a question i have baked cakes in the microwave with amazing results……i wud like to know if i can make cookies in the micro too
Wow..almond cookies are alws great..yours looks so appealing..how did u get the lovely brown at base?
December 29th, 2008 at 12:07 pmI made almond cookies several times from here which includes coconut too, if using sliced almonds, try using crushed in ziplock instead of powder, great flavor, lingering after taste..(http://simplyspicy.blogspot.com/2007/10/coconut-almond-cookie.html) chk this version out too. I shall try yours as well.
Hey Shilpa, just read why base is beautiful crisp looking n brown..!
December 29th, 2008 at 12:09 pmalmond cookies are the only ones i bake (sans butter and with egg whites). these are a great variation. wish you and your family a wonderful 2009, dear shilpa.
December 29th, 2008 at 1:22 pmI have been planning to make cookies using almond meal for quite some time now…your cookies look yum !
December 29th, 2008 at 4:14 pmHi Shilpa,
This looks like a wonderful recipe. I just came across ur site whilst searching for recipes n its really amazing to c how much effort u hv been putting in n making it simple for others. Kudos to all ur efforts !!!!
I do not hv an oven so would like to know how do i cook this in a microwave.
Also in case Priya is reading this, since she has mentioned that she bakes cakes in microwave with amazing results please please share the trick so that even i will b able to hv the pleasure of baking a cake.
Thanx n once again fantastic efforts !!!!!!
December 30th, 2008 at 5:00 amWish you Happy New Year Shilpa !
Do you think we can substitute oil for butter in this recipe?
Thanks,
Sonia
Shilpa: Sorry Sonia, I haven’t tried it.
December 30th, 2008 at 9:54 amhi mamta…………sorry i replied late….also you did not leave ur email id for me to reply to you….so am replying via this feed itself………for baking cakes use ur normal cake recipe……but add one pinch of baking soda to the cake batter….also you do not need to mix the batter too much…..and using a glass or microwave bowl ….micro the cake for about 5 mins…..check with a toothpick and immediately demould the cake when done……….in case you want to keep the cake for a longer period of time reduce the amount of sugar in the batter and pour a 3 or 4 tablespoons sugar mixed with water over the cake ..which retains the sponginess of the cake else it dries up too soon…….however you cannot make fresh fruit cakes with this method
January 1st, 2009 at 11:42 amHi Shilpa,
Happy new year!!!
This recipe looks good and healthy for my cookie lover daughter…. just a clarification… do you use skinned almonds or do you leave the skin on? Sorry if I missed this in the recipe but I cudnt find it.
Thanks in advance.
Cheers
Komal
Shilpa: Leave the skin on.
January 1st, 2009 at 7:43 pmHi
Like your receipe
Can these cookies be made in micro wave?
Thanks & HAPPY NEW YEAR
Nilima
Shilpa: Yes, you can make them in microwave. They will get baked in very less time.
January 2nd, 2009 at 11:07 pmHi Shilpa,
Have tried your nankhatai’s,and they turned out perfect!!Thank you for the wonderful recipe,it was a big hit. Great job with the website too!!
Quick question on the almond cookies…….can I use baking soda instead of baking powder? What is the difference?
Thanks again.
Shilpa: Check Difference between baking powder and baking soda.
January 20th, 2009 at 8:54 pmyou can also soak the almonds overnight and remove skin before grinding them .
March 31st, 2009 at 8:07 pm