The quest to make Max things he’ll like that have less sugar and more protein in them continues. This cookie used to be a sugar cookie. But then I halved the sugar in the recipe. I added quite a bit of almond flour (Ca-Ching!) to it which lends this cookie a subtle almond flavor. Alas, it did not meet with Max’s approval but the rest of us loved this cookie enough for me to offer the recipe up for you to try. I don’t have a big sweet tooth. I don’t really love cookies, in general. But this one, well, it’s pretty much perfect.
Ingredients
- 3/4 cup whole wheat pastry flour
- 3/4 cup almond flour
- 1/2 cup all purpose flour
- 1/4 tsp baking powder
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 7 oz butter, softened
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1tsp vanilla extract
- 1 egg
- 2 cups confectioner's sugar
- 2 tablespoons milk
- 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
Instructions
- In a medium sized bowl whisk together the flours, baking powder, and salt. Set aside.
- In another medium bowl beat the butter and sugar together until light and fluffy. Add the egg and vanilla and beat until fully combined.
- Add the wet ingredients to the dry and mix well.
- Chill the dough while the oven preheats to 350°.
- Make balls of dough using a heaping tablespoon and flatten slightly.
- Bake for 12 minutes (or until the bottoms are golden, the tops will remain very pale).
- Put 2 cups of confectioner’s sugar into a small bowl and add 2 tablespoons of milk, a teaspoon of vanilla extract, and stir vigorously until the sugar is completely dissolved, . If it gets too thin, add a little more sugar, if it’s too thick add small amount of milk to thin it.
- When the cookies have cooled, drizzle the glaze over them generously.
Notes
This recipe started off as a sugar cookie that I adapted from America's Test Kitchen (Family Baking Book) but it now bears no resemblance to it at all. You can easily double the recipe, I don't like having lots of cookies sitting around so I made it a one cookie sheet recipe. I called these "hundred dollar vanilla cookies" because almond flour costs almost as much as gold teeth.