Yummy Chewy Almond Sugar Cookies

I’m a total chocolate chip cookie fan… I’ll almost always choose that over sugar cookies… until I found a recipe that uses Almond Extract… What??? How have I lived my whole life without Almond Extract?

So I made the cookies, with the Almond Extract, and they were a hit! So much so that I made them a few times in a row… that was dangerous.

The kids have been asking for Chocolate Chip Cookies, so I used my old faithful Bisquick recipe… super easy…

And today Bobby started asking for muffins when he saw them on the Bisquick box that I pulled out to make the Chocolate Chip cookies… so I made those next.

And finally… I made the Almond Sugar Cookies… then Hot Chocolate from a can since it was already running late and we still wanted to get the Christmas Tree up and let the kid start decorating it.

I only had one extra stick of softened butter when I went to make the Almond Sugar Cookie recipe… so I tried to halve it… and I am horrible at measuring things, mostly because I don’t like to have to wash my measuring cups between ingredients, so I try to make do with other clean cups and do the math in my head… good thing I’m pretty good at math and fractions. Ha! So I may have used the 1/8th of a cup 10 times to measure out 1 1/4 cups of flour…

Anyway, here’s the recipe that you should follow and not try to do my halved one.

Chewy Almond Sugar Cookies

• 1 cup butter, softened
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 1 egg
• 2 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
• 1/2 tsp almond extract,optional, but it adds an extra layer of flavor
• 2 1/2 cups all purpose flour
• 1/2 tsp baking soda
• 1/2 tsp baking powder
• 1/4 tsp salt

Topping

1/4 cup granulated sugar, for dipping

Instructions

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees and coat a baking sheet with baking spray.
• In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar together until light and fluffy, about a minute. Add in the egg, vanilla extract, and almond extract and beat until combined.
• Next, add in the flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt. Mix until just combined, making sure to scrape down the sides of the bowl every now and then.
• Roll dough into 1″ balls, and roll in sugar.
• Place on baking sheet, about 2″ apart. Bake for 10-11 minutes, or until cookies have set.
• Allow to cool.

Enjoy!

You can frost them or cover them with a glaze, if you like… I like them just the way they are.

We got the tree started, maybe we’ll finish going through the boxes tomorrow to finish decorating the house, or maybe…. just maybe… it’ll take us a few days… or weeks until we are ready for Christmas.