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Vanilla Almond Polar Bear Claw Cookies


Course Cookies, Dessert
Cuisine German
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 12 minutes
Total Time 27 minutes
Servings 1 Dozen
Author Lora Wiley-Lennartz

Ingredients

  • 1+1/3 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
  • Pinch salt
  • 5 tablespoons unsalted butter room temperature
  • 1/2 cup white granulated sugar
  • 1 egg
  • 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
  • 1 teaspoon pure almond extract
  • 1+1/2 cups powdered sugar
  • 3-4 tablespoon milk or heavy cream
  • blanched almond slivers

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
  2. Grease and flour a Madeleine pan.
  3. In a separate bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, and salt. Set aside.
  4. Using the whisk attachment of your mixer, whip together the butter and sugar. until creamy, about 3 minutes.
  5. Beat in the egg, then the vanilla and almond extracts.
  6. Slowly add the dry ingredients.
  7. Gently press the dough into the madeleine wells, making sure you fill the front edges.
  8. Place in the oven and bake for 12 minutes.
  9. Remove from the oven and transfer the cookies to a baking rack placed over a parchment lined baking sheet.

  10. When the cookies are slightly warm, push the almond slivers into the front of the cookies for claws. TIP: If the cookie edges are too hard and the almond sliver keeps breaking, use a toothpick to make a hole and then push the almond sliver in. 

  11. Let the cookies cool completely.

  12. Whisk together the powdered sugar and milk. Pour the glaze over the cookies and let dry. Plate and serve.