Five-ingredient almond-flour cookies arranged for serving
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Five-ingredient almond-flour cookies

Small crisp-tender almond shortbread cookies mixed by hand and marked with a simple fork crosshatch.

Prep8 min
Cook10 min
Rest10 min
Oven175°C
Servings8
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Ingredients

Written for a 33 × 45 cm baking sheet

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8
  • 96 g fine almond flour
  • 43 g unsalted butter, softened
  • 21 g confectioners sugar
  • 0.75 g fine salt
  • 2.5 ml vanilla extract

Dietary labels are a guide, not a guarantee. If you have an allergy, read the ingredients yourself.

Method

  1. Heat the oven to 175°C and line a baking sheet.
  2. Mix all five ingredients by hand until a cohesive dough forms.
  3. Scoop 15 balls about 2.5 cm wide and arrange 4 cm apart.
  4. Flatten each to about 6 mm thick with a fork, making a crosshatch pattern.
  5. Bake for 8 to 10 minutes, until the tops begin to turn light golden.
  6. Cool for 10 minutes on the parchment-lined tray before moving; the cookies are fragile while warm.

Notes

  • Fine almond flour gives the most even crisp-tender texture; coarse almond meal produces a rougher cookie.
  • The dough is intentionally small and rich. Measure accurately and do not add egg or liquid.
  • Let the cookies cool on parchment long enough to firm before lifting.
  • Contains dairy and almonds. Verify all ingredient labels for gluten-free baking.

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