Almond Espresso Shortbread Cookies

This low carb dessert substitutes almond flour for traditional wheat flour--and produces light, delicate coffee flavored cookies.

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Ingredients:

• 2 cups almond flour
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1 stick softened butter
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract or
• coffee flavored extract
• 1 tablespoon instant espresso

Method

Combine almond flour, butter, sugar and instant espresso; mix in a mixer for about 2 minutes. Add salt, vanilla or coffee extract and continue to mix for 30 seconds. Form about 24 cookies, and flatten each cookie dough using the back of a fork. Place cookie dough on a cookie sheet lined with parchment paper. Bake at 375 degrees for 15 minutes. Rotate once during baking. Cool cookies on rack before serving or storing.

Notes: These are low-carb cookies.

Number of servings: 24 cookies

Submitted By: Wen-Hua Teng
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