Almond Flour Cookies

These Almond Flour Cookies are made in one bowl, have only five ingredients, and are surprisingly addictive. You're gonna want to keep them around all the time.

In some ways I'm very patient. I've been building my business for two and a half years. I can tolerate quite a lot of verbal abuse from preteens before finally losing it. I can wait until I'm 43 to finally visit New York City. But when it comes to cooking and baking, especially desserts, I just cannot be bothered. I want sugar now.

This is probably why I've never tried to make French macarons. You know, the brightly colored, perfectly round, notoriously fiddly little cookies with the equally bright creamy filling. I've just seen too many people screwing them up to be tempted to make them myself. Some things are just better left to the professionals.

What makes Almond Flour Cookies so awesome?

These rustic Almond Flour Cookies are technically also macarons, but they're about a million miles from what you'd find in a fancy Paris patisserie. They're sweet and chewy and mildly addictive. The first time I tried one I was like, "oh that's not bad," but then I kept going back to the kitchen to grab another one.

This recipe is perfect for using up spare egg whites as that's one of only five ingredients in this recipe. You can make these super quick in one bowl with just a spatula or wooden spoon. You do have to pipe them, but you don't need to measure the size or use a special piping tip. Just a zip top bag with the corner cut off will work fine. I plan to make these every time I have extra egg whites from now on.

Magical Properties of Almonds

Judika Illes mentions a spell that involves an almond tree that will help improve your business. Start by offering the tree a libation and a gift. Tell your goals and aspirations for your business to the tree, then start climbing. Hang out in the tree for as long as you like, then offer another libation once you climb down. If your successful in achieving your goals, plant another almond tree. Perhaps you can use the almonds from your tree of success to make these cookies. (Source: Element Encyclopedia of 5000 Spells by Judika Illes)

Tips for making Almond Flour Cookies

Start by adding an egg white, ground almonds or almond flour, and sugar to a mixing bowl. Stir together to form a thick paste. Then add in just about a tablespoon of flour and a bit of almond extract. If you really need these cookies to be gluten-free, you could give them a go without the flour and see what happens.

Then you'll scoop your thick dough into a piping back and pipe these into circles. Just hold the piping bag straight up and down over parchment paper or a silicone mat on a baking sheet, and squeeze. No need to swirl or anything. Just let it spread out into a circle. I made 8 cookies with one egg white's worth of cookie dough. These bake for about 20 minutes until they're crispy on the outside and gooey on the inside.

You can leave them completely plain or decorate them with a piece of slivered almond or a candied almond which I added here just for fun. They're perfectly awesome without any decorations. They just don't look as photogenic.

If you like things quick and simple but still totally awesome, these Almond Flour Cookies are just what you've been waiting for.

Looking for more awesome cookie recipes? Try some Classic Crunchy Peanut Butter Cookies or these No-Fail Sugar Cookies.

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Recipe adapted from How to Eat by Nigella Lawson.