Great brown sugar cookies made from spelt flour and almond flavored. Easy and fun to make and can be stored in the freezer for later, much later.
Ingredients
2 Cups Spelt Flour (Whole Grain)
½ Cup Powdered Sugar
Lemon zest from 1 lemon
150gr Butter (⅔ cup) - Cubed
1 tsp Almond Extract
6 tsp Water
¾ Cup Blanched Sliced Almonds (break them between your hands a bit)
½ Cup Brown Sugar - For Coating
Instructions
In a stand mixer bowl place the flour, powdered sugar and lemon zest and mix together
Add in the cubed butter and almond extract and mix well until you get a grainy texture (like sand)
Add in the water, one tablespoon at a time until the dough all sticks together into one dough ball and is no longer grainy (do not mix for too long, only until a dough ball forms)
Add in the sliced almonds and give it a short mix until they are blended in evenly.
Pour the dough out onto your working surface and divide it into 4 equal parts
Roll each part into a tube/sausage shape 1 ¼ inches thick (3cm) and about 6 ½ inches long (16cm).
Sprinkle a quarter of the ½ cup brown sugar for coating and roll each tube in the brown sugar until well and evenly coated.
Place the 4 sugar coated dough tubes in the fridge (cover with plastic wrap) for 1 ½ - 2 hours.
Before removing the dough from the fridge, preheat the oven to 350F (180C) and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
Take the dough out from the oven (work on one tube at a time to avoid heating of the other tubes) and using a sharp knife slice each tube into thin circles about ¼ inch (½ cm).
Place the sliced cookies on the layered baking sheet and bake in the preheated oven for 10-12 minutes or until cookies start to brown a bit.
Let the cookies cool completely before moving them to the cookie jar.
Notes
**To freeze the dough and use at a later time - roll into tubes, coat with the sugar and freeze wrapped in plastic wrap for up to 2 months**
Recipe by Maya`s Kitchen at https://www.mayaskitchen.info/2013/12/16/almond-brown-sugar-spelt-cookies/