Almond Cookies

These little cookies were a delightful treat.  They were a nice, subtle kind of sweet, for those of you who don’t like your desserts to be over-the-top sweet.  I enjoyed them, and my kids couldn’t get enough.

Ingredients: 

• 1 Cup all purpose flour
• 1/2 TSP baking powder
• 1/8 TSP salt
• 6 TBSP light margarine, softened
• 1/4 Cup sugar
• 2 TBSP splenda
• 1 egg yolk
• 1 egg white
• 1/2 TSP almond extract
• 1/4 TSP vanilla extract
• 1 TBSP water
• 1/2 TBSP sugar
• 14 Slices of almond

Directions:

1.  Combine flour, baking powder and salt in a bowl, and set aside.
2. In a medium bowl, beat margarine until creamy.  Add 1/4 Cup of sugar and 2 TBSP splenda and beat until sugar is incorporated and mixture is smooth.
3. Add yolks, vanilla, and almond extract and blend until incorporated.
4. Gradually add flour mixture into butter mixture, and continue mixing until  all ingredients are well combined.
5. Using a cookie scoop, form the dough into 14 balls, about 1 inch or so.
6. Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper and place dough balls about 2 inches apart.  ightly use a fork to slightly “smoosh” cookies down into cookie shape.
7. In a small bowl, whisk egg white and water.  Brush cookies lightly with egg white wash, and sprinkle 1/2 TBSP of sugar lightly over cookie tops.
8. Press 1 almond slice into the top of each cookie.
9. Bake at 325 for 18 minutes.

1 cookie=70 Calories

2 cookies= appx 3 weight watchers points plus

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