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Home » Recipes & Tips » Soft Almond Sugar Cookies

Soft Almond Sugar Cookies

04/04/19 | Dessert, Recipes & Tips

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Almond sugar cookies are a fun twist on classic soft sugar cookies. Cut out your favorite shapes and decorate with an easy sugar cookie icing. #almondsugarcookies #sugarcookiessoft #sugarcookieicing #sugarcookieseasy #sugarcookierecipe #almondsugarcookierecipe #sugarcookiecutouts

Almond sugar cookies are a fun twist on classic soft sugar cookies. Cut out your favorite shapes and decorate with an easy sugar cookie icing. 

Sugar cookies are one of our favorite desserts to make for any holiday. It’s so easy to customize them with fun shapes or icing decorations. I love changing up the flavor as well. These almond sugar cookies are one of my favorite versions. 

This recipe is a family classic that I’ve made hundreds of times. The only trick is getting the sugar cookie dough consistency right. You want the dough to be soft but not sticky. If it is too crumbly, the cookies will be tough. If it is too soft, the cookies will fall apart. 

Sugar Cookie Dough

If you press your fingers onto the dough, they should come away with minimal sticking. A tiny bit of sticking is fine, you’ll be adding a little flour to the dough as you roll it out. 

You can make these almond sugar cookies as thick or as thin as you’d like, just remember to adjust the baking time accordingly. I usually make them about 1/4-1/3 inches thick. I think this gives the optimal cookie-to-icing ratio. Ha! 

Sugar Cookie Icing

The icing I use for these almond sugar cookies is just a classic glaze icing that I make thick enough to be spreadable. I love using this icing recipe for sugar cookies because it hardens up nicely after a few minutes which makes storing the cookies much easier. 

I also love the little bit of texture difference it provides against the soft cookie. Obviously, I keep icing the cookies pretty simple, but you can use food coloring to make the icing any color you want and add sprinkles to decorate these cookies to your preference. 

More Sugar Cookie Recipes!

If you like this almond sugar cookie recipe, be sure to check out my classic soft sugar cookie recipe and my pumpkin sugar cookie recipe. They are both delicious!

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Almond Sugar Cookies

Almond sugar cookies are a fun twist on classic soft sugar cookies. Cut out your favorite shapes and decorate with an easy sugar cookie icing. 
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Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Keyword almond sugar cookies, soft sugar cookies
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Total Time 30 minutes
Servings 40 cookies
Calories 117kcal
Author Alli
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Equipment

  • Redmond Real Salt

Ingredients

For the Almond Sugar Cookies

  • 3 1/4 cups flour all purpose
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 cup butter or shortening
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1 egg
  • 1/2 cup plain yogurt regular or greek, see note
  • 1 teaspoon almond extract
  • 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

For the Icing

  • 3 cups powdered sugar
  • 1/4 teaspoon almond extract
  • 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1 tablespoon butter melted
  • 2 tablespoons milk
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Instructions

For the Almond Sugar Cookies

  • Preheat oven to 350ºF. 
  • Sift dry ingredients together, set aside.
  • In a large bowl, cream together shortening and sugar.
  • Add egg, almond extract and vanilla extract, mix well.
  • Add yogurt, mix well.
  • Add dry ingredients and mix until just combined. The dough shouldn't be sticky to touch. Add more flour if needed. 
  • Lightly flour a surface that you can roll the dough out on.
  • Roll it out about 1/4 inch thick and cut into desired shapes.
  • Place cookies on a greased or lined sheet pan and bake for about 10 minutes.
  • When the cookies are done, they should be light and dry in color, barely browned on the bottom.

For the Icing

  • Mix powdered sugar, almond extract, and vanilla extract.
  • Add butter and milk 1 tablespoon at a time until icing reaches desired thickness.
  • Divide and color icing as desired.
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Notes

Sour cream can be substituted for the plain yogurt. You can also use vanilla yogurt or Greek yogurt. 
The number of cookies you get from this recipe will vary depending on how thick you cut them and how large or small your cookie cutters are.
If you would like to make the cookies thinner or thicker, remember to adjust the baking time accordingly.
Try and use cookie cutters that are all the same size, that way the cookies will bake evenly.
 

Nutrition

Calories: 117kcal | Carbohydrates: 21g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 2g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 7mg | Sodium: 81mg | Potassium: 16mg | Sugar: 14g | Vitamin A: 85IU | Calcium: 7mg | Iron: 0.5mg
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Comments

  1. Ashely says

    September 27, 2019 at 8:56 PM

    How many eggs?

    Reply
    • Alli says

      September 28, 2019 at 1:01 AM

      1 egg, thank you for pointing that out! I’ve fixed the recipe.

      Reply
  2. Alli says

    May 7, 2019 at 10:37 PM

    5 stars
    Love the almond flavor!

    Reply

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Alli Kelley is an Agriculture focused entrepreneur. She runs a successful food blog, a consulting and coaching business, and all the social media connected with an online presence.

She also owns and operates a small, diversified farmstead where she enjoys home improvement projects, experimenting in the garden, creating profitable mini businesses on the farm, and of course, riding her big grey horse, Zane.
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