Ingredients
- 1/2 cup raw almonds with skins, plus about 18 whole almonds for decorating
- 2/3 cup sugar, plus more for top
- 14 tablespoons unsalted butter (7 ounces, 1 3/4 sticks), softened, cut into pieces
- 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
- 1/4 teaspoon almond extract
- 1/2 teaspoon fine salt
- 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 large egg white, beaten
- Special equipment: 9-inch tart fluted pan with a removable bottom
Directions
Preheat oven to 325 degrees F.
Blend and pulse the 1/2 cup nuts in a food processor with the sugar until mixture resembles coarse sand. (If there are a couple small chunks of nuts that is fine.) Add the butter, vanilla and almond extracts, and the salt, and pulse until creamy. Add the flour and continue to pulse to make a soft dough.
Turn the dough out into a 9-inch tart pan and spread it out evenly with an off-set spatula. Dip the spatula in a little warm water to help smooth and even the surface of the shortbread. Cover and freeze until firm, about 20 minutes.
Put the tart pan on a baking sheet and dock (prick) the dough all over with a fork. Generously sprinkle the top of the shortbread with sugar. Toss the remaining whole almonds in the egg white; evenly arrange and press the nuts into the dough around the edge of the pan. Bake until golden brown and set, about 1 hour and 10 minutes.
Cool the short bread in the pan on a rack for 10 minutes. Carefully remove the tart ring and cut the shortbread with a sharp knife into wedges, each with a nut. Cool shortbreads on a rack completely. (Alternatively present the shortbread as 1 large cookie. Cool the shortbread in the pan completely and remove the tart ring. Cut the shortbread into wedges as desired.)
Serve. Store in a tightly sealed container for up to 5 days.
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By bportier_10884979
Campbell, CA
on December 18, 2011
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These are okay but not fabulous. Theyre extremely sweet. I would definitely cut the sugar in half if you dont like really sweet cookies.
By Morrax
Beaverton, Oregon
on May 14, 2011
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This is one of the best Shortgread cookie Recipe that I have ever used. I use it for a tort nase as well as an eating cookie.
I have also used this recipe as a base for my favorite cookie crust by using Hazelnut and sealing it with sugar. It make a wonderful crust for fruit torts or a Cream Cheese and Lemon Curd Tort.
By 4sharons4_11379496
Winona, MN
on December 13, 2008
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The picture is certainly not of shortbread fans. I have no idea what recipe it goes with.
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