Fave Dolci (Bean-Shaped Clove & Cinnamon Cookies)

Recipe Rating:	1 Rating5
Category:	Cookies
Keywords:	almonds, cinnamon, rum, sugar, cloves, Celebrating, Ancestors
Serves:	makes 42 cookies
Prep Time:	20 Min
Cook Time:	15 Min

Ingredients

1	unpeeled almonds
1/2 c	turbonado sugar
1/2	lemon - zest
1	egg
1 Tbsp	rum
1/2 tsp	cinnamon
1/4 tsp	ground cloves
1/2 c	unbleached all-purpose flour

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Angel Slave

Lightly Salted

Hwd, FL

angelslave66666

Member Since Aug 2012

Angel's Notes:

These crunchy nut-sized cookies for All Soul's Day may get their name "sweet fava beans) - from being shaped just like the beans of the dead, but that doesn't mean that each tiny bite isn't full of almonds, spices, & the slight intoxication of rum

Directions

Grind the almonds to a coarse powder in a nut grinder and then pestle them with the sugar, or grind the nuts with 2 TBL of the sugar in a food processor fitted with the steel blade.

Transfer to a large bowl & mix in the lemon zest, egg, & rum; mix until blended. Add the spices and flour and stir until the dough is well blended

Divide the dough into 4 pieces, Flour a work surface very lightly & roll each piece into a log the width of a finger. cut into 1 1/2 inch pieces and flatten them slightly. Place 1 inch apart on oiled or parchment-lined baking sheets.

Baking - Heat oven to 350 degrees. Bake until just barely browned - 16-18 minutes

Serve with espresso :)