Gluten Free! Almond Shortbread Cookies, Holiday goodies with out the discomfort!

December 21, 2012 at 10:12 am / by

Almond Shortbread Cookies, Gluten Free!
from Rebecca Wood
Makes 2 dozen

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Holiday goodies with out the discomfort!

1 1/3 cup of rice flour or gluten free flour
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon sea salt
1/2 teaspoon grated nutmeg
8 tablespoons (1 stick) unsalted butter
1/2 cup raw cane sugar
2 large egg yolks
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
3/4 teaspoon lemon or orange zest
15 blanched almonds, halved.

1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F and line a cookie sheet with cooking parchment.

2. Stir together rice flour, baking powder, salt, and nutmeg.

3. In another bowl, beat butter and sugar together until fluffy. Beat in yolks, vanilla, and citrus zest. Fold in the flour mixture until blended.

4. Shape the dough into 3/4 inch balls, and place them 2 inches apart on the cookie sheet. Press each ball flat with the times of a fork. Press an almond half into the center of each cookie.

5. Bake for 10-12 minutes or until golden. let cook 10 minutes on the cookie sheet, and then transfer to a cooling rack.

 

 
 

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