Flourless Almond Cookies

Many of my friends are going gluten free or dairy free so I made these cookies in their honor.  Easy and delicious, these lack no flavor from the missing wheat or milk.

Ingredients

• 2 cups finely ground almond flour (I use Bob's)

• 2/3 cup sugar

• Zest of one orange

• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract

• 1 teaspoon almond extract

• 1/4 teaspoon salt

• 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon

• 1 egg

• More sugar for rolling

• Loose almonds

Directions

Preheat oven to 375 F. In a bowl, combine all of the ingredients and mix thoroughly using a wooden or plastic spoon.  When it comes together, you will have a sticky dough.  With wet hands, form dough into balls and then roll them in sugar.  Place each ball on a parchment lined baking sheet and press an almond into each one.  Bake for 20 minutes.

Optional: add 1/2 teaspoon of your favorite jam into the thumbprint and under the almond.