Sprinkles For Breakfast Cookie Recipes Soft and Chewy Almond Cookies

Soft and Chewy Almond Cookies


Soft and chewy almond cookies topped with slivered almonds. Cake flour is the secret ingredient to this simple and amazing drop cookie recipe!

Soft and Chewy Almond Cookies | Sprinkles For Breakfast

In my opinion, there are two major kinds of cookies – soft and crunchy. Everyone has their own opinion on which is better, and I will admit some types of cookies are just meant to be one way or another. Can you imagine a lace cookie as soft and chewy? No. Because it doesn’t work.

And while most of the time people associate almond flavor with crunchy cookies like a biscotti, these cookies definitely fall under the soft and chewy category. And it is in the best way possible.

Soft and Chewy Almond Cookies | Sprinkles For Breakfast

What makes these cookies SO soft and chewy is the addition of cake flour. Cake flour only contains 6-8% protein (compared to the 10-12% regular all purpose flour has). It has a lighter and more velvety texture, and also is a little bit lighter in color. The lower protein count creates a more tender and delicate final product.

If you want to learn more about the difference between All Purpose Flour and Cake Flour, you can check out this post. But, if you don’t that is fine too. Just know that it is CRUCIAL in making these cookies as amazing as they are.

ALMOND EXTRACT 

The slivered almonds on top of these cookies are more for decoration. The real almond flavor comes from the almond extract. Now, you want to use pure almond extract as opposed to artificial almond extract. The pure extract will give you a much smoother overall flavor.

In these cookies, I use a combination of almond and vanilla extract. This is so the almond flavor does not become too overpowering. If you know you really LOVE a strong almond flavor, you can double the amount of almond extract in here. But I would keep the vanilla extract in there regardless.

I have gotten SO many “OMG THESE ARE SO GOOD” reactions to these cookies. And I know you will too.

Soft and Chewy Almond Cookies | Sprinkles For Breakfast

Happy baking!

SOFT AND CHEWY ALMOND COOKIES

No ratings yet

Ingredients
  

  • 2 1/2 cups cake flour (287g)
  • 1 cup all purpose flour (120g)
  • 2 teaspoons corn starch
  • 2 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 1/3 cup unsalted butter, room temperature (305g)
  • 1 1/2 cups sugar (300g)
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 2 teaspoons almond extract
  • Slivered almonds

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees and prepare a baking sheet with parchment.
  • In a medium bowl, whisk together all dry ingredients and sprinkles. Set aside.
  • In a stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment, combine butter and sugar. Mix on high until light and fluffy.
  • Add eggs and extracts.
  • Add dry ingredients and mix until just combined.
  • Using a a medium ice cream scoop, scoop dough balls onto baking sheet 3 to 4 inches apart.
  • With the palm of your hand or the back of a large wooden spoon, flatten cookies slightly.
  • Lightly press about 5 slivered almonds in a flower shape on top of each cookie
  • Bake for 10-12 minutes.
  • Transfer to a wire rack to cool.

Notes

*Makes about 22 cookies
Lindsay sprinkling her baked goods | Sprinkles For Breakfast

About Lindsay

I might be the only person in the history of the world that has ever been grounded from baking. That's right. When I was a teen, it wasn't the computer, or the

MORE ABOUT LINDSAY







Similar Recipes


Oatmeal Chocolate Chip M&M Cookies

post 1

Sour Cream Coffee Cake

post 1

Apricot Jumbles

post 1

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Recipe Rating




Follow us on Instagram

99% of what I make gets eaten by me or shared with friends or family. But I wanted these guys to last a little longer! So I went with dummies! 🎂
#taylorsversion #tswift #taylorswifterastour #taylornation13
...

236 2

My mind was blown when I saw this. I didn’t even know how to feel. It’s the exact cake!! How wild is that?! 🤯#fearlesstaylorsversion #taylorswiftedits #erastour ...

2831 32

Anyone else dream of a pastel Halloween?! Or is that just me?

#halloweenbaking #halloweencupcakes #halloweenfood
...

272 6

It’s been a long time coming but…it’s finally here! See you soon, Taylor! #erastour #taylorswiftedit #tswift #taylornation #sofistadium ...

99792 463

In honor of Speak Now TV here is some BTS of me vs a sparkler for my Speak Now Eras Cake.💜#speaknowtaylorsversion #speaknowtour #taylorswift13 #cakedecorations ...

400 5

Every single Taylor Swift Era…in cake form. Which one is your favorite?

You can see what inspired each cake and how I made them on the blog!

#taylorswifteras #taylorswiftsongs #taylorswiftedits #cakedecoration #cakeinspiration
...

34839 199

Midnights Era - The final era in this cake roundup. Taylor announced her 10th studio album as “a collection of music written in the middle of the night...exploring old memories and midnights past”. We all have stuff that keeps us up at night. It’s what makes us human. But no matter who we are or where we live or what’s going on in our lives - just outside our windows, the same moon and stars shine over us all. And I think there is something comforting about that. So for this final cake, I went for a start night sky. Let me know what you guys think!

Here are the products I used from our shop:
@sweetsindeed
- Gold Edible Luster
- White Food Coloring
- Goldmine Sprinklefetti

@cookiecutterkingdom
- Biscuit Cutters

#tswift #taylorswiftedits #erastour #cakestyle
...

5735 30

Evermore Era - This album is the sister album to Folklore - aka a lot of time in the woods with a more mature indie folk sound. Becuase I decided to stick with a black and white color palate for the Folklore cake, I knew I wanted to create the moss-covered Piano for my Evermore cake. And even though the moss may or may not look like broccoli from some angles, I am pretty happy with how this cake turned out! Let me know what you guys think!

Here are the products I used from our shop:
@sweetsindeed
- Gold Edible Luster
- Black Edible Luster
- Leaf Green Food Coloring
- Orange Food Coloring
- Goldmine Sprinklefetti

#taylorswiftedits #tswift #erastour #cakeinstagram
...

19193 65