Mixed Nut Sugar Cookies

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: North American

Prep Time: 15

Cook Time: 12

Total Time: 27

Servings: cookies

Calories: 115kcal

Author: Lord Byron's Kitchen

Made with almonds, cashews, and hazelnuts, Mixed Nut Sugar Cookies are a soft, melt-in-your-mouth type of cookie with a crunchy nut baked right on top. Try eating just one!

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Ingredients

1 cup salted butter, softened
2/3 cup sugar
2 large egg yolks
1 teaspoon almond extract
2 1/3 cups all purpose flour
1/2 cup salted mixed nuts
1/2 cup turbinado sugar

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper or a silicone baking mat and set aside.
In a large mixing bowl, use a hand-held mixer to beat together the butter and sugar until well incorporated.
Next, beat in the egg yolks and almond extract.
Lastly, mix in the flour. The mixture will be crumbly at first and might not look like a cookie dough, but keep beating on medium speed and a cookie dough will form. This is not an overly wet dough, so don't be alarmed.
Portion two teaspoons of the cookie dough and roll into a ball. Roll the ball into the turbinado sugar.
Place the ball onto the prepared baking sheet. Gently, but firmly, press one nut into the center of the cookie, flattening the cookie as you do so.
Bake for 12 minutes. Remove from oven and allow cookies to cool for 3-5 minutes before transferring them to a wire cooling rack to finish cooling.

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