Moroccan Spice Cookies

• 2 cups flour
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 2 teaspoons Ras El Hanout Spice Blend
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1 cup unsalted butter
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 2 teaspoons almond extract (vanilla also works)
• 32 whole almonds

1. Sift flour, salt, ras-el-hanout and cinnamon into a small bowl.
2. In a medium bowl, whisk together butter and sugar.
3. Add almond (or vanilla) extract and whisk until fluffy.
4. Stir in flour mixture and mold dough into a ball.
5. Wrap dough in plastic wrap and refrigerate at least 1 hour.
6. Preheat oven to 350u0b0F
7. Roll dough into 3/4 inch balls and roll lightly in sugar if desired.
8. Place cookies on parchment-lined cookie sheet.
9. Flatten cookies with bottom of glass or back of fork and press a whole almond into center of each cookie.
10. Bake 12 minutes until edges are lightly golden.

flour, salt, hanout spice, ground cinnamon, unsalted butter, sugar, almond, almonds

Taken from www.food.com/recipe/moroccan-spice-cookies-340447 (may not work)