Moroccan Spice Cookies

Name: Moroccan Spice Cookies
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 12 min
Total time: 32 min
Yield: 32 cookies
Cuisine: Moroccan Imperial & Coastal
Ingredients: 2 cup flour; 0.5 tsp salt; 2 tsp Ras El Hanout Spice Blend; 0.5 tsp ground cinnamon; 1 cup unsalted butter; 0.5 cup sugar; 2 tsp alcohol-free almond extract; 32 whole almonds

Almonds come together in these cookies, scented with cinnamon and baked in the oven.

32 min · Serves 32 · Easy

Method

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Time: Prep 20 min · Cook 12 min · 32 min total
Difficulty: easy

1
Sift flour, salt, ras-el-hanout and cinnamon into a small bowl. In a medium bowl, whisk together butter and sugar.
2
Add almond (or vanilla) extract and whisk until fluffy. Stir in flour mixture and mold dough into a ball.
3
Wrap dough in plastic wrap and refrigerate at least 1 hour. Preheat oven to 350°F. Roll dough into 3/4 inch balls and roll lightly in sugar if desired.
60 min
4
Place cookies on parchment-lined cookie sheet. Flatten cookies with bottom of glass or back of fork and press a whole almond into center of each cookie.
5
Bake 12 minutes until edges are lightly golden.
12 min