These Holiday Almond Cookies get their rich almond flavor from both almond flour and almond extract. The simple dough is rolled in colorful sugar to make the cookies festive for the holidays.
Make-ahead
Minimal prep
You’ll Learn: Why finely ground almond flour makes the texture just right
Worth It: Soft, chewy texture in every bite
Bonus: Share or stash, you decide
Why You’ll Love this Recipe
- Simple but Festive – This almond cookie recipe is a simple but festive cookie option for the holiday season. Give them as a gift, put them out for Santa on Christmas Eve, or simply enjoy them yourself!
- Customizable – I rolled these chewy almond cookie dough balls in red, green, and rainbow sprinkles for the holiday season, but you can bake these plain without rolling them in any sugar, or you could roll them in turbinado sugar to be enjoyed year-round!
- Freezer Friendly – You can freeze these cookies two ways. If you have extra almond cookies or want to prep the dough ahead of time, either way, they can be stored in the freezer for up to three months!
Serving Suggestions
These almond cookies are the perfect sweet treat to end your holiday meal. If you are serving them at a holiday party alongside other cookies, they would be great with Chocolate Thumbprint Cookies and Candy Cane Cookies.
If you’re looking to enjoy these holiday almond cookies with a seasonal latte, try this Sugar Cookie Latte Syrup.
Ingredients and Ingredient Substitutions
- Egg – an egg binds your almond cookies together
- Coconut oil – this adds moisture to give these cookies a soft texture
- Granulated sugar – you can use brown sugar if you prefer, but the cookies will be softer and darker in color
- Almond extract – you can add vanilla extract in addition, but you need the almond extract for the intense almond taste
- Fine almond flour – it is essential that you use finely ground almond flour for this recipe. If you use anything more coarse such as almond meal or ground whole almonds, the texture will be dry and chunky instead of perfectly soft and chewy.
- Salt – a pinch of salt enhances the flavors of these cookies
- Baking soda – helps make the cookies more evenly baked
- Colored sugar for decorating – optional, but this makes these cookies extra fun for the holidays
How to Make
Step 1: Prepare and chill the almond dough
To begin, add the egg, coconut oil, sugar, and almond extract to a large bowl and whisk to combine. Then, add the dry ingredients of almond flour, salt, and baking soda to the bowl and fold in with a spatula.
If it is difficult to mix the dough, you can use your hands to knead the dough together. Place the dough in the fridge to chill for 30 minutes.
Step 2: Roll dough in decorating sugar and bake
Then, line a baking sheet with parchment paper, preheat oven to 350F and pour decorating sugars into shallow bowls. Remove the cookie dough from the refrigerator, scoop out a heaping tbsp of dough and roll into a tight ball.
Next, roll that dough ball in the decorating sugar and place on the baking sheet. If you are skipping the decorating sugar, you can place the dough balls directly on the baking sheet.
Once you have rolled all the dough into balls, bake at 350F for 18 minutes. Remove the almond cookies from the oven and cool on cooling rack.
Storage and freezing
You can freeze these holiday almond cookies two ways. You can either freeze the batch of fully baked cookies or roll the dough into balls and freeze the dough balls.
If you freeze them as dough balls, just remove them from the freezer and allow them to thaw slightly before following baking instructions. Make sure to store them in an airtight container.
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You can find the full recipe below. If you make this recipe, please rate and review it in the comments, or share it with me on Instagram!
You can find the full recipe below. If you make this recipe, please rate and review it in the comments, or share it with me on Instagram!
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Recipe
Holiday Almond Cookies
Ingredients
- 1 egg – room temperature
- 1/4 cup melted and cooled coconut oil
- 3/4 cup granulated sugar
- 1 tsp almond extract
- 2 cups almond flour
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- Optional – colorful sugar for decorating
Instructions
- Add the egg, coconut oil, sugar, and almond extract to a bowl and whisk to combine
- Add almond flour, salt, and baking soda to the bowl and fold in with a spatula – if its difficult to mix you can use your hands to knead the dough together
- Place the dough in the fridge to chill for 30 minutes
- Line a baking sheet with parchment paper, preheat oven to 350F and pour decorating sugars into shallow bowls to roll cooking dough in
- Remove the cookie dough from the refrigerator, scoop out a heaping tbsp of dough and roll into a tight ball
- Roll that dough ball in the decorating sugar and place on the baking sheet – if you are skipping the decorating sugar you can place the dough balls directly on the baking sheet
- Once you have rolled all the dough into balls, bake at 350F for 18 minutes
- Remove from the oven and cool on cooling rack
Nutrition Information
This website provides approximate nutrition information for convenience and as a courtesy only. Nutrition data is gathered primarily from the USDA Food Composition Database, whenever available, or otherwise other online calculators.
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