Almond-orange Cookies

Total Time: 1 hr 25 mins Preparation Time: 1 hr Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• 5 ounces blanched almonds, toasted (1 cup)
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 pinch ground nutmeg
• 8 ounces unsalted butter, softened
• 1 cup powdered sugar (plus more for rolling)
• 1 vanilla bean, split and scraped (reserve pod for another use)
• 1 teaspoon finely grated orange zest

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• 2 pulse almonds, flour, salt, and nutmeg in a food processor until fine crumbles form.
• 3 cream butter and powdered sugar with a mixer on medium speed until light and fluffy. beat in vanilla seed and orange zest, then almond mixture. refrigerate for up to one hour.
• 4 roll dough into 1/2" balls. place on parchment-lines baking sheets, spacing cookies 1" apart. bake until cookies are set and bottoms are light golden brown, 20-25 minutes.
• 5 let cookies cool on sheets on wire racks. cookies will keep, covered, for up to 5 days. just before serving, roll cookies in powdered sugar.