Title: Vanilla Cookies With Almonds And Cherries
Categories: Cookies
Yield: 1 Batch
3 c All-purpose flour
3/4 ts Baking powder; omit if
-making thumbprints, ball,
-or spritz cookies
1/2 ts Salt
1 c Unsalted butter
1 c Sugar
1 lg Egg
2 ts Pure vanilla extract
3/4 c Blanched almonds; toasted,
-chopped
3/4 c Dried cherries
1/2 c Sanding sugar; for rolling
Whisk together flour, baking powder, and salt in a large bowl. Beat
butter and granulated sugar with a mixer on medium-high speed until
pale and fluffy. Beat in egg and vanilla. Reduce speed to low. Add
flour mixture, and beat until combined.
Once the flour is incorporated according to dough recipe, beat in the
almonds and dried cherries. Divide dough into 2 pieces. Shape each
into a 10" log. Coat each in sanding sugar, if using. Wrap in
parchment. Refrigerate until very firm, about 2 hours.
Slice dough crosswise slightly thicker than 1/8". Reshape if needed.
Bake at 350°F on parchment-lined baking sheets until firm, 12 to 14
minutes.
