Amaretto Butter Cookies

Amaretto Butter Cookies

Ingredients

  1. 1 cup (½ lb.) Challenge Butter, at room temperature
  2. 1 cup sugar
  3. 1 large egg, separated
  4. 3 Tablespoons almond–flavor liqueur, such as amaretto
  5. 2 teaspoons grated orange peel
  6. 2 cups all-purpose flour
  7. ½ teaspoon baking powder
  8. ¼ teaspoon salt
  9. ½ cup sliced almonds

Directions

  1. Step 1

    In a large bowl, with a mixer on medium speed, beat 1 cup butter and the sugar until smooth. Add egg yolk, liqueur, and orange peel and beat until well blended.

  2. Step 2

    In another bowl, mix 2 cups flour, baking powder, and salt. Add to butter mixture; stir to mix then beat until well blended. Gather dough into a ball, divide in half, and flatten each portion into a disk; wrap each tightly in plastic wrap and freeze until firm enough to roll without sticking, about 30 minutes.

  3. Step 3

    Unwrap dough. On a lightly floured surface, with a floured rolling pin, roll one disk at a time to about ¼-inch thick. With a floured, 2-inch round cutter, cut out cookies. Place about 2 inches apart on buttered 12" x 15" baking sheet. Gather excess dough into a ball, reroll, and cut out remaining cookies.

  4. Step 4

    In a small bowl, beat egg white with 1 teaspoon water to blend. Brush cookies with mixture and sprinkle or arrange about ½ teaspoon sliced almonds on each.

  5. Step 5

    Bake cookies in a 325°F regular or convention oven until lightly browned, about 15 minutes; if baking two sheets at once in one oven, switch their positions halfway through baking.

  6. Step 6

    Let cookies cool on sheet for 5 minutes, then use a wide spatula to transfer to racks to cool completely.

Note: Almond-flavor liqueur can be substituted with 1 Tablespoon of almond extract.

Source: Sunset Magazine Test Kitchens for Baking with Challenge Butter

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