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

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
Mediterranean
Cookies
Vegetarian

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.

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