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secret recipe club: almond butter cookies

it must be this time of year: i am craving cookies like crazy. not fancy, fussy kind, but more of the slice and bake or drop variety. last month, jason and i were out somewhere, eating some kind of almond flavored dessert - a cake, maybe? - when he casually mentioned that it had been a long time since i made anything almond flavored. he was right and i've been on the lookout for an easy almond cookie ever since. when i spied these iced lemon butter cookies at cooking mimi for this month's secret recipe club, i knew with some simple swaps, i could have exactly what i wanted. and oh my, these suckers are good, rich and buttery, like my favorite shortbread. slicing and baking them means you can make the dough today, store it in the fridge, and bake up fresh cookies all week. and just like shortbread, they're infinitely adaptable. not a fan of almonds? skip them all together, add some vanilla extract, and make classic butter cookies. love lemon like micha? swap almond extract and almonds for lemon juice and lemon zest - same for limes or oranges. or add mini chocolate chips and call it a day.

almond butter cookies
adapted from cooking mimi
10min prep, at least 1hr chill, 10 min bake; makes 18-24 cookies

1/2 cup + 2 tablespoons granulated sugar
1/2 cup sliced or slivered almonds

almond extract Labels: cookies, secret recipe club, sweets