Almond Cookies

I knew when I woke this morning that I wasn't going to be up to making the puff pastry pinwheels...that'll have to wait for another time. I need to somehow teach my little dog that there's a difference between weekends and weekdays. She wants me up to walk her and give her her pills (she has allergies). So instead, I tackled almond cookies.These cookies are so easy, I'm actually a bit embarrassed. However, they are light and tasty. I think they're going to be great with a latte.

What made them different for me was that one of the ingredients is ground almonds. This was really easy. I have a food grinding attachment to my Kitchen Aid mixer. I usually use it to grind chicken for chicken salad, but it worked really well for grinding the almonds.

My Kitchen Aid is pretty disreputable. It's actually Mom and Dad's old one. They got it when I was still in high school...we won't even talk about how long ago that was. I keep waiting for the poor thing to break down. I can't justify getting a new one as long as this one's still working.

I did change one thing. I used almond extract instead of amaretto. I'm not a big fan of liqueurs, so I don't go out and buy a whole bottle for a simple recipe like this.

So, I've decided that my Mission Statement is too narrow. I want to write about cooking beyond techniques and foods I've never used before. It's sort of like my students who choose topics that are too narrow for their essays. I guess there's a learning curve to this as well. So, don't be surprised to find recipes and writings about foods I've made in the past and have really liked. I'll still get to those new things, but I guess it has to come in its own time. So, you can check here a little more frequently because I'll be writing more.