Marzipan-Stuffed Almond Sugar Cookies

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I’ve made plenty of stuffed cookies before. I’ve made marzipan-laced cookies before. But what I haven’t done before is stuff cookies with marzipan.

I mean, it seems obvious now that I’ve done it, and now that I have, I’m not sure how I lived without these cookies in my life for so many years before this moment.

Taylor, upon taking a single bite of my first batch warm from the oven, promptly declared this the best cookie he’s ever eaten. I acknowledged his compliment and went back to work, knowing full well that he often speaks in hyperbole and his “best ever” changes on a near-daily basis. Besides, you already know my feelings on designating recipes the “best ever”…. because really, unless you never plan to bake another cookie for the rest of your life, all you can honestly say is it is the “best so far”. It’s not quite as finite that way.

But then I shared a few of these cookies with our contractor and crew currently hard at work over at the new house, and he too exclaimed it was the best cookie he’s ever eaten.

Perhaps I’m on to something here?

These utterly soft, almond-flavored sugar cookies are stuffed with pillows of marzipan filling, lightly scented with orange blossom water (because, as I discovered before, orange blossom and almond are a match made in confection heaven).

The cookies are stuffed, then rolled in some crushed sliced almonds for an added layer of crunch. They puff when they bake, then slightly sink when they cool, forming darling little mounds around the almond filling, a visual hint that there is more to these cookies than meets the eye.

This is the second recipe I’ve created using White Lily’s new Premium Wheat & Almond Flour Blend, and for an almond-lover like me it’s quite possibly the best thing ever (or excuse me, the best thing SO FAR). It can be used as a cup-for-cup replacement for regular all-purpose flour in just about any recipe, adding a hint of almond flavor and texture to baked goods and beyond.

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