Butter Almond Fingers

Name: Butter Almond Fingers
Yield: Makes about 120 small cookies
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients: ⅛ teaspoon salt; 1¼ cups sugar; 18 tablespoons (2¼ sticks) unsalted butter, softened; 8 ounces (about 2 cups) blanched sliced almonds for covering the outside of the cookies; 2½ cups all-purpose flour; 1 large egg; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Preparation info

Makes about
120
small cookies

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Cookies Unlimited

By Nick Malgieri

Published 2000

About

These cookies bring out the delicacy of an almond-butter combination better than any other cookie I know. The covering of sliced almonds on these crisp, delicate cookies gives them a little extra crunch. Marilyn Miller was kind enough to share this recipe for which I had been searching for years.

Ingredients

18 tablespoons (2¼ sticks) unsalted butter, softened
1¼ cups sugar

Europe
Italy
Dessert
Vegetarian
Cookies
Mediterranean

Method

Set racks in the upper and lower thirds of the oven and preheat to 350 degrees.
In the bowl of a standing electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, beat the butter, sugar, salt, and vanilla on medium speed until soft and light, about 5 minutes.