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Spanish Almond Cookies Recipe

Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 25 minutes
Total Time 40 minutes
Author Albert Bevia @ Spain on a Fork

Ingredients

  • -1 cup blanched Spanish almonds
  • -1/2 cup all-purpose flour
  • -1/4 cup white sugar
  • -1 tbsp brown sugar
  • -1/2 tsp baking powder
  • -1/4 tsp sea salt
  • -1 large organic egg
  • -1 tsp vanilla extract
  • -2 tbsp extra virgin Spanish olive oil
  • -powderd sugar to dust

Instructions

  1. Add 1 cup of blanched Spanish almonds onto a baking tray lined with foil paper, move the almonds around so they are all on a single layer, add the almonds into a pre-heated oven, bake and broil option 175 C - 350 F for 11 minutes, then take the almonds out of the oven and cool for 2 minutes, then add the toasted almonds into a food processor and pulse them until they are well chopped, set aside
  2. Add 1/2 cup of all-purpose flour into a bowl, also add 1/2 teaspoon of baking powder, 1/4 cup white sugar, 1 tablespoon brown sugar and 1/4 teaspoon of sea salt and mix the dry ingredients, make a well in the middle, crack 1 large organic egg and beat it, add 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract, 2 tablespoons of extra virgin Spanish olive oil and the almond mixture, mix everything together until it´s well combined
  3. Using a spoon scoop out some of the dough and start shaping it into a ball with your hands, you want a ball of dough that is the size of a golf ball, then transfer onto a baking tray lined with parchment paper, you should end up with 12 balls of dough
  4. Slightly push down on each ball of dough to give it a circular shape, each cookie should be about 1/2 thick, then add the baking tray into a pre-heated oven, bake only option 175 C - 375 F between 14-16 minutes, once baked take the cookies out of the oven and let them cool on the baking tray for 1 minute, then transfer to a wire rack
  5. After letting your cookies cool for 10 minutes, dust each one off with some powdered sugar and transfer to a plate
  6. Enjoy!

Recipe Notes

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