Almond Cookies - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2 large eggs
1/2 c. almond paste
1 recipe basic cookie mix
36 whole blanched almonds
sugar

Preparation

Preheat oven to 350\u00b0.
Lightly grease two large baking sheets. In large bowl of electric mixer, combine eggs and almond paste.
At medium speed, beat 5 minutes or until mixture is light and creamy. Add cookie mix; at low speed, beat until mixture forms a dough. Roll rounded teaspoonful of dough into a ball.
On a sheet of waxed paper, place sugar.
Roll dough ball in sugar to coat.
Place ball on prepared baking sheet; flatten slightly with palm of hand. Gently press an almond into center of dough.
Repeat with remaining dough, placing cookies about 1 inch apart on prepared baking sheets.
Bake 12 minutes or until cookies are golden.
With metal spatula, transfer cookies to wire rack to cool.
Yields 3 dozen.