Almond Sugar Cookies
Almond Sugar Cookies are soft, buttery, and perfectly sweet with a rich almond flavor. They are extra thick with super tender centers and topped with a sweet almond icing. Made with simple ingredients and quick to make!
Servings: 12 cookies
Ingredients
Almond Sugar Cookies
- 3/4 cup salted butter softened at room temperature
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1 whole large egg
- 2 teaspoons almond extract
- 1/2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract or vanilla bean extract
- 2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
Icing
- 3/4 cup powdered sugar
- 1-2 tablespoons milk
- 1/8 teaspoon almond extract
- sliced almonds for garnish optional
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Lines 2 cookie sheets with a silpat mat or parchment paper.
- With an electric mixer in a large bowl or in the bowl of a stand mixer, cream together the butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add the egg, almond extract and vanilla extract. Beat until combined.
- Add the flour, baking soda and baking powder. Continue to mix together until cookie dough is formed, scraping down the sides of a bowl with a spatula occasionally. Do not over-mix.
- With a large cookie scoop or ice cream scoop, equivalent to 1/4 cup, scoop cookie dough into balls and place on the prepared cookie sheets.
- Bake for 9-12 minutes or just until the edges turn a light golden brown. Let cool for a few minutes before transferring to a wire cooling rack to cool.
- While the cookies cool, in a medium or small bowl, whisk together the powdered sugar, milk and almond extract. Add more powdered sugar if the icing is too thin, and more milk if it's too thick.
- Once the cookies have cooled, spoon or dip each cookie in the icing and place on cooling rack. Top with sliced almonds (optional) and let sit to dry and set. Enjoy!