Orange Flower Almond Cookies

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Title: Orange Flower Almond Cookies
Categories: Cookies
Yield: 36 servings

Cookie:
4 c Flour
1 ts Baking powder
1/2 ts Cinnamon
1 1/2 c Butter; softened
1 c Sugar
3 1/2 ts Orange flower water
Almond filling:
6 oz Almond paste; softened
2 tb Butter; softened
2/3 c Sugar
1/2 ts Cinnamon
1 ts Orange flower water
Sugar for tops

DESCRIPTION: Delicately flavored orange cookie cups topped with an
orange, almond-paste filling.
Preheat oven to 350. Combine flour, baking powder and cinnamon, set
aside. Beat together butter, sugar and orange flower water until light an
fluffy. Stir in flour in 1/2-cup increments, blending after each. Form
dough into a ball, wrap in plastic and refrigerate for 20 minutes. Beat
together almond paste, butter, sugar, cinnamon and orange flower water
until smooth. Roll 1/2 teaspoonfuls of paste into smooth balls, set aside.
Roll heaping tablespoons of dough into 1 1/2-inch balls. Arrange one
inch apart on buttered baking sheets. Use thim to make a 1/2-inch-deep
indentation in each ball, fill indentations with almond paste balls. Bake
15-18 minutes or until bottoms are golden and almond paste is lightly
browned. Sprinkle hot cookies with granulated sugar. Cool on racks. Store
airtight at room temp for 1 week, freeze for 3 months.
From "The Joy of Cookies,"

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