Almond Crinkle Cookies with Almond Meal (Eggless Recipe)
One of the easiest cookie recipes to make are these almond crinkle cookies, made with real almonds. Simple, easy, effortless and ready in less than 15 minutes. Nothing beats combining ingredients in a bowl, forming balls and baking them.
Almond Crinkle Cookies with Almond Meal
These have got to be one of my favorite cookies as a kid. One of the first cookies I ever made on my own as a kid. So easy to make, no special equipment required and an absolute winner to eat. For me, I have to have a good cup of hot steaming chai with these.
Yup, that’s how I remember mom having her afternoon tea too! One cookie with a cup of chai. We always had the cookie jar with cookies as kids so mom would indulge in just that one cookie every day. I love cookies too but I must admit while my cookie jar is always full I never indulge in a cookie every day. But these are one I do enjoy whenever I make them.
They are my Rhea’s favorite. She loves to make the balls and dip them in sugar. And she loves chewy cookies so these are definitely her absolute treat.
Almond Crinkle Cookies with Almond Meal
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- Almond Meal – I use ready almond meal I buy at a local nut shop. But it’s easy to make almond meal at home too. Just pulse blanched almonds in a food processor with some of the sugar until you have a fine powder. In these cookies, the almond meal does not have to be sieved so don’t’ over do it.
- Yogurt – I use yogurt so I don’t have to use egg. But you are welcome to replace the yogurt with one egg. The yogurt does give it a nice creamy texture.
- Flavoring – I do like to use almond extract to enhance the flavor but you are welcome to use just vanilla or just almonds too
Almond Crinkle Cookies (with almond meal) Eggless
Nut Free? yes of course
While I know we love nuts and I try to add it for my kids as much as possible there are many who can’t have nuts. Just replace the almond meal with the same amount of flower.
Almond Crinkle Cookies with Almond Meal (Eggless)
Recipe – Almond Crinkle Cookies with Almond Meal (Eggless)
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Almond Crinkle Cookies with Almond Meal (Eggless)
Ingredients
- All-purpose flour – 170 grams
- Almond meal – 50 grams (1/2 cup)
- Sugar – 200 grams (1 cup)
- Salt – 1/2 tsp
- Baking powder – 1 1/2 tsp
- Baking soda – 1/2 tsp
- Butter – 113 grams (1 stick)
- Yogurt – 1/4 cup (30 ml)
- Vanilla extract – 1 tsp
- Almond extract – 1/4 tsp or 2 drops
- Powder sugar – 60 grams (1/2 cup)
Method
- Preheat the oven to 180 C / 350 F — (170 C /340 F for fan assisted ovens)
- Sift dry ingredients – flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt.
- Add the almond meal to the flour and combine again.
- Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy
- Add the yogurt and vanilla – combine well.
- Add the flour mixture and bring together.
- The dough will be soft but workable
- Use a spoon or scoop form the dough – Make round balls.
- Dip each ball in the powder sugar
- Place on a cookie tray 2 inches apart.
- Bake for 8 to 10 minutes on the center rack.
(depending on thickness they can take up to 12 minutes - Cool in the tray for five minutes then on a cookie rack to coo; further.
- When cooled store in an airtight container for up to 2 weeks.
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Almond Crinkle Cookies with Almond Meal (Eggless)
Almond Crinkle Cookies
Ingredients
- 170 grams All purpose flour
- 50 grams Almond meal
- 200 grams Sugar
- 1/2 tsp Salt
- 1 1/2 tsp Baking powder
- 1/2 tsp Baking soda
- 113 grams Butter 1 stick
- 1/4 cup Yogurt
- 1 tsp Vanilla extract
- 1/4 tsp Almond extract or 2 drops
- 60 grams Powder sugar
Instructions
- Method
- Preheat the oven to 180 C / 350 F -- (170 C /340 F for fan assisted ovens)
- Sift dry ingredients - flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt.
- Add the almond meal to the flour and combine again.
- Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy
- Add the yogurt and vanilla - combine well.
- Add the flour mixture and bring together.
- The dough will be soft but workable
- Use a spoon or scoop form the dough - Make round balls.
- Dip each ball in the powder sugar
- Place on a cookie tray 2 inches apart.
- Bake for 8 to 10 minutes on the center rack. (depending on thickness they can take up to 12 minutes
- Cool in the tray for five minutes then on a cookie rack to coo; further.
- When cooled store in an airtight container for up to 2 weeks.
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Do these cookies spread in the oven.?? And would it give the same result if we used flour instead of the almond meal for those who have a nut allergy? As in would they still be as crinkly and chewy? Thanks !
Hey Veera, Yes the cookies do spread a little. You place the dough balls on the cookie sheet and when baked they are flat. You can use flour instead of almond meal but they won’t spread as much. You can also substitute some almond flour semolina, rice flour or cornstarch. The addition of flour will make them a bit crispier.
Thanks Veena! I did all apf and they were perfect
Awesome. so happy it worked with all flour. Thanks for coming back to write this feedback.
Thank you so much for this recipe. We loved these cookies. They are so light and melt in the mouth that we finished a batch instantly. The the texture of almonds is my favorite. Definitely going to make these again.
Ah thank you Frances. Yes we do love the taste and texture of the almonds – gives it that chewy texture. Happy to hear you will be making them more often. Thanks for taking the time to come back and leave this feedback. Appreciate it very much.
These look perfect. I love using almond flour in my baking. I love crinkle cookies and can’t wait to make these!
Thank you Elaine
I admire your mom’s restraint. There’s no way I could stop at one cookie per day. I’m afraid I’m more like a three, four, five cookie a day girl!
Thank you Noel. Yes, my mom made cookies and cakes for a living Noel so she had these is plenty around the house. We had to have a big room with all her order. We had a great time as kids.
These look delicious! There’s such a great variety of flour out there. What a great idea to make almond cookies this way!
Thank you Olivia – Yes there sure are lots variety in flours now a days
I’ve never had Almond Crinkle Cookies before, but these look so delicious! And love that they’re eggless. So yummy!
Thank you Christine. Yes you usually just vanilla, lemon or chocolate. I love the almond flavor
I love almond cookies! So great this recipe doesn’t use egg – my kids will love these!
Thank you Lauren. So happy to hear that.
These cookies look and sound wonderful! How wonderful that they are eggless…saving for later!
Thank you Catherine
This cookie has everything I love in a cookie. It has almond meals which happens to be one my very favorite ingredients and also it is egg less as I like to make most of my bakes without eggs. I love how beautiful the crinkles look and I am bookmarking this recipe to make soon.
Thank you Sandhya. Me too. I love almonds.
These sound really tasty. I love soft cookies so I know that these would be right up my alley.
Thank you Pam. So happy to hear that
I like using yogurt in place of eggs sometimes, your right it does lend a great texture. These sound like great cookies to have in the cookie jar.
Absolutely Joanna. My kids love it. The yogurt in this one does a great job of replacing the egg.