Almond Vanilla Cookies

• 1 2/3 cups ground almonds (use food prosessor but be careful as you don't want to end up with paste)
• 1 cup flour
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup butter, softened
• 1/3 cup sugar
• 2 tablespoons vanilla
• 1 teaspoon almond extract
• 36 whole almonds

1. Preheat oven to 350u0b0 and cover 2 cookie sheets with parchment paper.
2. In a medium bowl, mix together chopped almonds, flour, baking powder and salt, set aside.
3. In a large mixing bowl cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
4. Mix in extracts Mix in flour mixture until well blended Beat until thoroughly combined.
5. Form dough into 36 balls and place a whole almond in center of each ball.
6. Bake for about 20 minutes, or until golden brown, check after 15 minutes as I found I needed to turn the temperature down for the second batch.
7. Note: I baked my second batch at 325u0b0 but it could just be my oven that runs hot.

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Taken from www.food.com/recipe/almond-vanilla-cookies-86973 (may not work)