582 almond cookie recipes

Lightened almond macaroons with wheat germ replacing almond paste, baked at ultra-low temperature. Only 30 calories per cookie with crisp, airy texture.

Melt-away butter cookies with vanilla and almond extract, pressed with a cookie gun and optionally dipped in chocolate with chopped pecans. Yields 7 dozen.

Lebkuchen (German honey cakes) blend honey, brown sugar, lemon, almonds, citron, and warm spices into a chewy spice cookie cut into fancy holiday shapes. Traditional Christmas cookie from Nuremberg.

Norwegian almond bars with an almond paste filling spiced with cardamom and cinnamon between buttery crumb layers. A Scandinavian cookie bar with a unique potato flake filling.

Almond Coconut Twinkles (1953 Pillsbury Bake-Off Winner): coconut-and-almond drop cookies topped with double-boiler chocolate frosting. A senior-division winner that still delivers.

Greek almond cookies shaped like little pears, scented with lemon and rolled in powdered sugar. A delicate confection perfect for special occasions and gift-giving.

Light, tender coconut cookies with almond extract and egg whites. Golden drop cookies that bake up delicate and crisp in just 12 minutes.

Hungarian tarts with a cream cheese pastry shell and five filling options: almond, pecan, walnut, coconut, and farmer's cheese. A traditional holiday baking project.

Traditional German Christmas butter cookies (Weihnachtsplätzchen) with vanilla and almond extract, rolled and cut into festive shapes. Decorated with colored sugar, nuts, and candied cherries.

Fa-la-la-la's are festive spritz-style cookies pressed into holiday shapes from a buttery shortening dough flavored with vanilla and almond extract. Christmas cookie classic.

Classic Swedish spritz cookies made with real butter and almond extract, pressed into shapes with a cookie press and sprinkled with colored sugar. Crisp, buttery, and festive.

Aunt Catherine's Italian Cookies: a heirloom cookie with almond extract, cinnamon, and chopped nuts, finished in pastel-colored powdered sugar icing. Stores for months in tins.

Delicate almond-scented cookies sandwiched with honey-sweetened apricot filling, shaped like little pillows and sealed with fork tines.

Red and white peppermint pinwheel cookies with a buttery almond dough, rolled jelly-roll style and topped with crushed candy canes. A festive Christmas cookie classic.

Adorable Halloween ghost biscotti dipped in white chocolate with candy decorations. Crunchy orange-almond cookies perfect for trick-or-treaters and fall parties.

Festive fruit cake cookies loaded with candied cherries, pineapple, raisins, and brazil nuts with vanilla and almond extract. All the flavors of fruit cake in a quick drop cookie.