143 almond cookie recipes

Spiced banana cookie wreaths: ring-shaped cookies made from banana, granola, raisins, and warm spices, drizzled with glaze and almonds. Christmas gift-worthy baking.

Lemon cream cookies with food-processor lemon-sugar, heavy cream, brown sugar, and toasted slivered almonds on top. Soft drop cookies bright with citrus and rich with dairy, makes 3 dozen.

Wheel cookies with ground almonds, currants, anise seeds, and cinnamon in a buttery dough. Pressed with a fork and baked golden in just 12 minutes.

Buttery brown sugar shortbread pressed into a sheet pan, brushed with egg white, and topped with cinnamon sugar and sliced almonds. Cut into elegant diamond shapes for a cookie platter showstopper.

Thin, crispy refrigerator spice cookies with honey, molasses, ground almonds, and a warm blend of cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, and cardamom. Egg-free, low-fat, and perfect for cookie cutters.

Gingerbread biscotti with fresh ginger, dark molasses, toasted almonds, and warm spices like cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, and allspice. Crunchy, spiced, and perfect for dunking.

Fat-free lemon poppy seed biscotti made with no added oil or butter. Crisp twice-baked Italian cookies powered by ground almonds, egg whites, and bright citrus.

Finnish butter cookies with almond extract, brushed with egg white and topped with sugar and ground almonds before baking. Delicate, crisp shortbread-style cookies with a nutty sparkle.

Almond Brown Sugar Biscotti: classic twice-baked Italian cookies with anise, brown sugar warmth, and chopped almonds. Crisp, dunkable, makes 3 dozen and stores for a month.

Greek monastery cookies rolled in chopped nuts or sesame seeds, filled with apricot or rose preserves. Buttery thumbprint cookies with a crisp nut coating and jammy center.

French meringue strips with a buttery shortbread base topped with vanilla meringue, cinnamon sugar, and chopped almonds. Elegant bar cookies that yield 8 dozen.

A delicate almond cookie bar to serve with, or after, dessert.

Fancy spritz cookies are tender, buttery pressed cookies enriched with ground almonds and almond extract for a marzipan-like flavor. Shape them with a cookie press into pretty holiday wreaths and stars.

Linzer thumbprint cookies with ground almonds, dark brown sugar, cinnamon, lemon zest, and cherry jam centers. An Austrian-inspired butter cookie with a tender, nutty crumb.

Almond Butter Disks: piped European-style almond cookies flavored with dark rum and lemon zest, sandwiched with raspberry-kirsch glaze. Patisserie elegance, makes 18 sandwiches.

Parisian hearts, a French almond cookie sandwich cut in heart shapes, filled with lemon icing and raspberry jam peeking through a cutout center. Elegant, buttery, and bakery-beautiful.