Almond Rice Cookies

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• 2/3 cup rice flour (available at specialty stores) or 2/3 cup rice flour (available at specialty stores)
• 2 tablespoons ground almonds
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1 large egg , lightly beaten
• 2 tablespoons clear honey
• 3 drops almond extract
• 12 split blanched almonds

Recipe

• 1 preheat the oven to 325°f.
• 2 mix the rice, ground almonds, and sugar.
• 3 thoroughly beat in the egg , honey, and almond essence.
• 4 line a cookie sheet with waxed paper.
• 5 place teaspoons of the mixture well apart on the paper, and press a split almond on top of each.
• 6 bake in the oven for 15-20 minutes, until the cookies are light golden brown.
• 7 leave them to cool slightly on the cookie sheet, then lift them off the waxed paper.
• 8 when cool, store in an airtight tin.