40 sugar kookies extract recipes

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.

Old-fashioned egg-yolk cookies with six rich yolks, lemon and vanilla extracts, rolled in sugar before baking. Tender shortbread-style cookies that use up leftover yolks from angel food cake.

Buttery German almond crescents dusted with powdered sugar, made with ground almonds and double extracts for a melt-in-your-mouth holiday cookie.

Classic Italian amaretti cookies made with just egg whites, sugar, ground almonds, and almond extract. Crisp outside, chewy inside, and naturally gluten-free.

Holiday decorating icing whisks powdered sugar with a splash of milk and a drop of flavor extract into a smooth, pipe-able glaze for outlining, flooding, and drizzling Christmas cookies.

Maple pecan crisps with brown sugar, vanilla, and maple extract baked thin until golden and snappy. An egg white wash and minced pecans give each cookie a glossy, nutty crunch.

Light, crisp almond meringue cookies made with just 4 ingredients: egg whites, a touch of sugar, almond extract, and wheat germ. Slow-baked until dry and airy, these diabetic-friendly macaroons satisfy a sweet tooth without the guilt.

Toasted almonds ground to powder blend with beaten egg whites and sugar to create these crisp Italian amaretti cookies where lemon zest and almond extract deliver intense flavor in delicate, airy bites.