I made a lot of cookies this holiday season but these were the ones I liked the best, I also built the recipe from scratch because I didn’t have almond extract and I wanted to use up my maple sugar. purposefully went halves on the sugars and the oils because I wanted the flavor blend. Added almond meal to boost the almond flavor but not too much as to jeopardize the integrity of the cookie.

 

Maple Almond Cookies

Ingredients:

1/8 cup maple sugar

1 cup sugar

1/2 cup coconut oil

1/2 cup butter

2 eggs

1/4 cup maple syrup

3 tablespoons vanilla extract

2 1/2 cups flour

1/2 cup almond meal

3/4 tbs baking powder

1/2 tsp baking soda

1/2 tsp salt

2/3 cup almond slices

1/2 cup sugar

 

Instruction:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Cream the sugars with the coconut oil and butter. beat in 1 egg at a time followed by the syrup and the vanilla, add remaining ingredients except for the almond slices extra sugar and mix until well incorporated.

Roll dough into 1 inch balls then roll in sugar, place on cookie sheet and press gently down in the center to make an indent, add 3-5 pieces of almond to the center indent.

bake 9-12 minutes or until golden, makes about 4 dozen crunchy little bite sized cookies.