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Saturday, December 4
Almond Unsparkle Cookies
I'm also putting together my LIST of stuff to make for the holidays, cookies and everything else. I was talking with a friend about peanut butter cookies and she mentioned getting a recipe from her grandmother that was "like peanut butter fudge" and had no flour. The gist was gotten across and I looked up a few other flourless peanut butter cookie recipes online and then tweaked to produce:
ALMOND UNSPARKLE COOKIES (with apologies to Thomas Haas)
(makes just 2 dozen small cookies, so scale up if necessary)
1 cup dark brown sugar
1 cup almond butter (if unsalted, also add 1/2tsp salt)
1/2 t baking soda
1T kirschwasser (cherry brandy....optional, or use orange extract instead)
2 eggs
Combine everything gently but completely. Chill dough 1 hour in fridge (this step helps keep the cookies from spreading out while baking, and is optional). Preheat oven to 350. Drop cookies 1T at a time onto parchment paper on a baking sheet; bake 7-10 min, use your judgement. 7 min for me was VERY soft and chewy; 10 minutes might be more firm but still slightly chewy after cooled. Cool completely before moving them, especially if you underbaked.
Want some good news? Each cookie is 110 calories (half of which is outstanding-for-you almond fat), and tastes rich like a "chocolate sparkle cookie", but obviously not chocolate and not sparkly (since you don't roll in sugar before baking).
One final note - I used half dark brown sugar and half Splenda and they turned out excellently. If you do that they are 95 calories each.
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