Almond Shortbread Cookies

Total Time: 24 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 14 mins

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cups flour
• 1 cup butter, room temperature
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1 cup ground almonds (about 1/4 lb almonds with the skin on, note, i chop mine into chunks first with a knife, then grind)
• 1 tablespoon grated lemon zest (optional) or 1 tablespoon grated orange zest (optional) or 1 tablespoon grated lime zest (optional)
• powdered sugar, for dusting

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350°f.
• 2 combine butter, salt and sugar in mixer with paddle attachment.
• 3 add ground almonds and mix together.
• 4 mix into firm dough and form into 1 ¼ inch ball.
• 5 flatten with fingers.
• 6 bake for 10-14 minutes. best if baked light brown, not dark and crispy.
• 7 cool on rack and dust with powdered sugar while still warm.