Almond Shortcakes
June 11th, 2006 Caroline
I found this recipe in a recent Saveur, a magazine I’d about given up on. The writing was seeming pretentious, the recipes nothing I was interested in making… But these cookies are simple and delicious.
12 tbsp butter, softened
1/3 c sugar
zest of one orange
1 c flour
3/4 c ground, unblanched almonds
2/3 c toasted white bread crumbs
Beat butter and sugar until pale and well combined. Add orange zest and beat again briefly. Add flour, almonds, and bread crumbs and beat again until a soft dough forms (I did this all — from grinding the almonds and bread crumbs to mixing the dough– in the food processor).
Transfer dough to a piece of plastic, shape into a 3″-wide log, wrap with plastic and refrigerate overnight.
Preheat oven to 300. Line 2 baking sheets with parchment. Unwrap chilled dough and slice into 1/4″-thick circles. Arrange circles on baking sheets, about 1″ apart, and bake until golden, about 20 minutes. Transfer to wire racks and let cool.
Serve with whipped cream and berries or nutella.
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1. www.carolineandtony.com &&hellip | June 11th, 2006 at 9:40 pm
[...] Thankfully, the lull seems to be fading. We went away for the weekend with good friends, and the prospect of a weekend at the beach got me digging out magazine recipes I’d been meaning to try. For our two nights away, we packed one small duffle bag of clothing and five bags of groceries. I made this baked egg dish (delicious), grilled zucchini pizza and mushroom pizza (pizza on the barbecue! a first for me, and a hit with the kids) and also these maple sugar breakfast rolls (which I’ll make again, because they’re easy, tasty, and I only used about a quarter of the maple sugar the recipe called for, so I have plenty left over). Finally, I made these nice almond shortcakes, which are so much like wheatmeal biscuits or hobnobs, I may never have to buy them again (delicious with raspberries and cream, or just get out the Nutella jar). As for the writing, well, I’ll still go look for Covering. But in the meantime, my first column’s up, my second is suddenly drafted, and I’ve got some other ideas percolating. So in fact, I should stop with this and get to that! [...]