Almond Cookies

Total Time: 58 mins Preparation Time: 50 mins Cook Time: 8 mins

Ingredients

• 4 eggs
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 1/2 cup canola oil
• 8 ounces orange juice
• 1 teaspoon almond extract
• 1/2 cup ground almonds
• 6 teaspoons baking powder
• 5 cups flour
• 3/4 cup icing sugar
• 160 whole almonds

Recipe

• 1 pre-heat oven to 375 degrees fahrenheit and lightly grease cookie sheets (i use canola oil to do this).
• 2 mix eggs, sugar, oil, orange juice, and almond extract in a bowl.
• 3 mix ground almonds, baking powder, and flour in a separate bowl and add to liquid ingredients.
• 4 stir until blended.
• 5 form into measuring teaspoon size balls.
• 6 roll balls in icing sugar.
• 7 the dough is pretty sticky so you may want to grease your hands with a bit of oil to make your life easier.
• 8 press one whole almond into middle of each cookie.
• 9 bake for 8 to 10 minutes.
• 10 cool on racks.