Cashew Sugar Cookies

Total Time: 43 mins Preparation Time: 35 mins Cook Time: 8 mins

Ingredients

• 1 1/4 cups flour
• 1/2 cup ground lightly salted cashews or 1/2 cup ground almonds
• 1/4 cup granulated sugar
• 1/4 cup packed brown sugar
• 1/2 cup vegan butter or 1/2 cup margarine
• granulated sugar (topping) or coarse sugar (topping)
• whole cashews (topping, about 42 nuts) or blanched whole almond, toasted (topping, about 42 nuts)

Recipe

• 1 go ahead and toast the whole cashews or almonds if not already done. place on shallow baking pan and bake for 5-10 minutes at 350f until light golden brown, stirring if needed.
• 2 in a medium bowl combine flour, ground nuts, the 1/4 cup granulated sugar, and the brown sugar. cut in the margarine with a pastry blender until it forms fine crumbs. form the mixture into a ball and knead gently until smooth.
• 3 on a lightly floured surface, roll dough until 1/4 inch thick. using a 1 1/2 inch cookie cutter cut into desired shapes. place 1 inch apar on ungreased cookie sheet. sprinkle with additional sugar and press a whole nut in the center of each cookie.
• 4 bake in a 375f oven for 8 to 10 minutes or until lightly browned. transfer to wire rack & cool.