I just love cookies during this Christmas season. Dream cookies is my second cookie recipe which I believe you will enjoy preparing (the other is my own GHP Peanut butter cookies). It is simple; requires few ingredients and tastes, for lack of a better word, absolutely dreamy. You will definitely have to sit down and take your time to savour this one. Don’t hog it down in one bite, but rather close your eyes and take one nibble, then another and let the flavours tickle your taste buds.
Now, I’ve seen there are many versions of dream cookies. I guess it depends on the interpretation of how they believe a dream cookie should look like and taste. This version is light and crispy and kind of reminds me of those Danish butter cookies you get in the tins during Christmas.
It takes about 25 minutes to bake and is golden brown in colour when done. I placed a whole almond on the top of each cookie, though I agree a sort of jam could also be placed on the top of the cookie as well. This is where I’ll leave it up to your creativity.
This cookie has a unique taste, due to the coffee liqueur I included in the batter. You can use amaretto, or any other liqueur, instead if you like as well. However, the texture and the taste is out of this world; you will not be disappointed. So pinch yourselves, wake up and get a taste of these cookies. And no, you’re not dreaming. This recipe is for real lol!!
So without much ado, here is Dream Cookies. Enjoy!!
Dream Cookies Recipe
2 cups all purpose flour
1 tsp. baking powder
1 cups butter, soften
3/4 cup sugar
2 tsp. vanilla extract
1 tbs. coffee liqueur or amaretto
Whole almonds
Sift together flour and baking powder. Set aside.
Beat butter, sugar, vanilla and coffee liqueur on medium speed, using a hand mixer, till light and fluffy.
Scrape the sides of the bowl frequently.
Add dry ingredients to creamed mixture until blended and smooth.
Cover and chill in the refrigerator for 1 hour.
Remove from fridge after the hour and begin the next step at once.
Preheat oven to 300 degrees F.
Roll dough, into 1 inch balls. Place them 2 1/2 inches apart on an unbuttered baking sheet.
Note: Do not grease the sheet.
Gently press an almond in the top of each ball.
Bake for 25 minutes or until golden brown.
Cookies will be light and crisp. Cool on wire racks and store in an airtight container.
Dream Cookies
Ingredients
- 2 cups all purpose flour
- 1 tsp. baking powder
- 1 cups butter softened
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 2 tsp. vanilla extract
- 1 tbps. coffee liqueur or amaretto
- Whole almonds
Instructions
- Sift together flour and baking powder. Set aside.
- Beat butter, sugar, vanilla and coffee liqueur on medium speed, using a hand mixer, till light and fluffy. Scrape the sides of the bowl frequently.
- Add dry ingredients to creamed mixture until blended and smooth.
- Cover and chill in the refrigerator for 1 hour. Remove from fridge after the hour and begin the next step at once.
- Preheat oven to 300 degrees F. Roll dough, into 1 inch balls. Place them 2 1/2 inches apart on an unbuttered baking sheet. Note: Do not grease the sheet.
- Gently press an almond in the top of each ball.
- Bake for 25 minutes or until golden brown. Cookies will be light and crisp. Cool on wire racks and store in an airtight container.
Coming up next: An age old tradition still practiced today. I hope you liked this dream cookie recipe.
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OMG, That looks delicious 😀
Lana it’s really delicious. Had to stop myself from having too much 🙂
Oh Felix, finally i may get this question answered! I have been trying to find out for a very long time – what EXACT measurement makes up a i inch ball of cookie dough please?
Usually a tablespoon of cookie dough was spooned out and rolled to get the 1 inch diameter…but that is just a rough estimate.
I made these last night/this morning! The taste is good but the cookies didn’t flatten out like in these pictures. I made the batter last night but it was so late that I couldn’t wait an hour to let the batter firm up–so I baked them off this morning. The dough was super hard but I managed to roll it into balls as directed. They took longer than 25 minutes to bake too. So did I do something wrong in letting the dough set overnight? I think I did but I’ll let you tell me. I’d like to try them again following your exact directions. Please advise!
I believe you answered your question yourself. Happy baking 🙂
I’ve since made these cookies again and followed directions. They flattened out! Still took longer than 25 minutes though.
Hi Jaclyn Rae glad you got the dream cookies down this time. As for the baking time I did say …or until golden brown. The reason I said this is because I am well aware that not all ovens will bake at the given time. This is something I have experienced over the years when baking in different sized ovens using the same recipes. Congratulations again 🙂