Buttery
Almond Christmas Logs. Nothing can explain
the feeling of being a young
man exploring in the woods with your
best friend, my dog. The
Robinson Caruso in all young people who
go out hiking in a fresh fallen
snow. Wandering, looking for
new and exciting things to
see. Stopping periodically to
clean my best friends paws so that he
could further lead the exploration.
These
Christmas cookies remind me of the
fresh fallen snow on tree
limbs and logs that we used to
trample on in the woods. The fond
memories of my youth with my best a
collie named
Robi.
In these
delicious cookies fresh roasted almonds
are finely ground and then creamed with
Vanilla, sugar and sweet creamery
butter. After blending in all
the other ingredients in log shapes are
rolled by hand. The logs are
slowly baked to
perfection. They are lightly
dusted with powdered sugar like the fresh
fallen
snow.
Ingredients:
Butter- 3/4 cup.
Sugar-1/3 cup.
Ground Roasted Almonds- 2/3 cup.
Pure Vanilla Extract-2 teaspoons.
Flour-1 3/4 cups.
Salt- 1/4 teaspoon.
Confectioners
Sugar-to dust.
Nutmeg-1/4 teaspoon.
Cold Water-2
teaspoons.
Instructions-
Roast the almonds in a preheated 350F
degree oven for 12 minutes.
Cool. Finely chop them in a food
processor of coffee grinder. Set
aside. In a large mixing bowl cream
the butter with the sugar until light and
fluffy. Add the chopped almonds and
mix until well blended. Add in all
the other ingredients excluding the
confectioners sugar. Shape a
teaspoon full of dough in to a log shape
about 3 inches long. Place on a
grease cookie sheet. Bake at 300F
degrees for 25 minutes. Allow
to cool. Sprinkle with the
confectioners sugar. Enjoy this
memorable treat.
Gary
Solomon is the owner of The Kitchen
Cupboard. One of the Kitchen Cupboard's
specialties are their delicious cookies
and rugelach. Visit Delicious Cookies to see for
yourself! Online ordering is available.
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information