1991 2nd Place: Oma's Almond Cookies Recipe
Servings: 12
Ingredients
- 2 c. Butter, softened
- 2 c. Sugar
- 2 x Large eggs
- 1 x Lemon, grated rind and juice
- 4 c. All-purpose flour
- 1 tsp Baking pwdr
- Healthy pinch salt
- 1/2 lb Unblanched almonds, finely
- Grnd or possibly grated
- Colored sugars for garnish,
- Optional
Directions
- Preparation Time: 30 min
- Chilling Time: 8 hrs or possibly overnight
- Cooking Time: 10 min
- 1. Cream butter and sugar in large mixer bowl of electric mixer.
- Beat in Large eggs, one at a time. Beat in lemon rind and juice. Mix flour, baking pwdr and salt. Stir flour mix and grnd almonds into butter mix to make a soft dough. Divide dough into quarters.
- Chill dough, wrapped in wax paper, till hard, at least 8 hrs or possibly overnight.
- 2. Heat oven to 350 degrees. Have ungreased baking sheets ready.
- 3. Roll out one dough portion on lightly floured pastry cloth with a rolling pin covered with stocking or possibly roll between sheets of lightly floured wax paper to 1/8 -inch thickness. Cut out with cookie cutters. Return dough to refrigerator if it gets too soft. Transfer to baking sheets, leaving 2 inches between each cookie. Sprinkle with colored sugar if you like.
- 4. Bake till very light brown at edges, 8 to 10 min. Transfer to wire racks to cold. Store in a covered tin.
- This second-place winner, from Judy M. Drux of Dyer, Indiana, makes very thin, crisp, delicate cookies. The dough keeps well in the refrigerator if well-wrapped. This cookie was a tribute to her husband's grandmother, Antonia Drux, who emigrated to this country from Germany in 1923. (Oma means "grandma" in German.) The recipe has been passed down as just a list of ingredients. Drux added a few hints to help make baking them easier for future cooks.
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Nutrition Facts
| Amount Per Serving | %DV |
|---|---|
| Serving Size 143g | |
| Recipe makes 12 servings | |
| Calories 678 | |
| Calories from Fat 360 | 53% |
| Total Fat 41.35g | 52% |
| Saturated Fat 20.65g | 83% |
| Trans Fat 0.0g | |
| Cholesterol 116mg | 39% |
| Sodium 360mg | 15% |
| Potassium 175mg | 5% |
| Total Carbs 70.95g | 19% |
| Dietary Fiber 3.8g | 13% |
| Sugars 33.8g | 23% |
| Protein 9.12g | 15% |
