Pumpkin & Almond Spice Filled Cookies
Adapted from Foodies magazine.
Author: boxofspice
Ingredients
- Almond Spice Paste
- 1 lemon
- 250 grams almonds without the skin
- 250 grams sugar
- 1 egg, whisked
- Cookie Dough
- 200 grams cold butter
- 250 grams all purpose flour
- 125 grams light brown sugar
- 2 tbsps pumpkin spice mixture
- 1 egg
- 150 grams almond spice paste
- 1 tbsp milk
- pinch of salt
- handful of almonds (without skin) for decoration
Instructions
- To prepare the almond spice, wash the lemon and dry it. Grate the rind off and grind with the almonds till very fine, in your kitchen machine. Add the sugar and grind again till extremely fine. Squeeze the juice of the lemon and mix with the almond sugar. Add the whisked egg and mix till you get a smooth paste.
- Put the almond spice paste in a clean box and let sit in the refrigerator for at least one hour. Overnight is better.
- To prepare the cookies, preheat the oven to 180°C/350°F.
- Cut the butter in blocks and knead the flour with the sugar, salt, pumpkin spice mix, half of the egg, till you get a supple dough. I did this just with my hand. So, really no need for a kitchen machine. Much more fun this way! Cover the dough with cling film and put in refrigerator for at least an hour.
- Roll out the dough into a thin layer. Cut out the dough with a cookie cutter or like I did just with a tea cup. Put ten cookie rounds on a baking paper lined baking tray. Put a dollop of the almond spice paste in the center of all the ten cookie rounds. Cover with another layer of cookie dough. Press sides down with fork. Place an almond on the top of the cookie in the center and press down for it to hold into place.
- Brush with the remaining egg + 1 tablespoon milk and place in oven for 15 minutes. If you like it browner like I do, you can go to 3-4 minutes more.
- Serve with milk or Pumpkin Masala Chai or go through just heapfulls on their own! :)
Recipe by Box of Spice at https://boxofspice.com/2013/10/pumpkin-almond-spice-filled-cookies/