Spiced Almond Wafers
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- Yield Makes about 6 dozen
Ingredients
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 2 sticks (1 cup) unsalted butter, room temperature
- 1 1/2 cups packed dark-brown sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
- 1 1/2 teaspoons ground ginger
- 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
- 1/4 cup sliced blanched almonds
Directions
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Line 2 mini loaf pans with plastic wrap.
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Whisk together flour, baking soda, and salt. Beat butter and sugar with a mixer on medium speed for 4 minutes. Reduce speed to low. Add eggs and spices. Beat in flour mixture in 3 additions.
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Press cookie dough into pans, and cover tightly with plastic wrap. Freeze for 1 1/2 hours (or up to 1 month).
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Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Remove dough from 1 pan. Let soften slightly. Cut eight 1/8-inch-thick slices with a sharp knife. Cover remaining dough, and freeze in pan until ready to slice and bake.
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Place slices 1 1/2 inches apart on a cookie sheet lined with a nonstick baking mat. Top each with 2 to 3 almond slices. Freeze until firm, 5 minutes. Bake until dark golden brown, 10 minutes. Let cool on sheet on a wire rack. Repeat.
No vanilla or almond extract????
I lowered the cook time to 7 mins as I found 10 mins they were burning to a crisp.
I was wondering how many calories per cookie ?
These are delightfully crunchy and make the BEST dunking cookies. We love them in hot tea, coffee or milk.
These cookies are so addicting! I don't have small loaf pans so I froze the dough overnight, rolled it out, cut out circles with a 2 inch cookie cutter, and gently pressed a couple of almonds decoratively on top. They are just as beautiful, just as tasty, and require no change in baking time!