Irresistible Almond Cookies: A Cookbook Full of Quick & Easy Baked Dessert Recipes

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Irresistible Almond Cookies
A Cookbook Full of Quick & Easy Baked Dessert Recipes
[Volume 2 in the Delicious Dojo Cookbooks Series]

To ignore the healthy qualities of this fine treat would be a true travesty. We will be making deliciously decadent baked goods that are far from fit-fare, but this does not discount the goodness within. Let's learn a bit more about this wonderful ingredient before snacking on the treats to come.

Although we categorize almonds as nuts, they are in fact the seed - or pip - of the fruit of the almond tree. Almonds are often avoided if we are trying to eat healthily and lose weight, because they are regarded as a high fat food. On the other hand, they work wonderfully in baked goods when the primary concern is not creating a healthy treat.

On top of this, the great nutritional benefits of almonds deserve further consideration and, although they are high in fat, they can actually help you lose weight rather than gain it! In this respect they are much better for you than more complex carbohydrates, which even when lower in fat are more difficult for the body to digest.

How Almonds Help The Body

Almonds are high in oleic acid - a monounsaturated fat which is "good fat". Oleic acid is thought to have beneficial effects on reducing cholesterol levels, heart disease, and breast cancer.

Almonds are a very strong source of protein and also contain a wide variety of other nutrients such as manganese, magnesium, potassium and copper. They also contain various B vitamins. All these different nutrients help activate energy production within your body.

How Almonds Help The Mind

Another benefit of the combination of the magnesium and vitamin B content of almonds is that they have a calming effect on you and reduce the impact of stress. When we are stressed, cortisol is released into the bloodstream and this can cause weight gain. So in this instance, almonds can be beneficial both in reducing stress and preventing weight gain.

The nutrients in almonds also help to boost brain activity and - according to the traditional practice of Ayurveda - they can help extend both your level of intellect and length of life. It is also thought that almonds may possibly help in the fight against Alzheimer's.

Ways to Eat Almonds

But the more common usage is of sweet almonds which can be either be eaten whole on their own, or used whole in savory recipes such as chicken korma or trout with almonds. They are also often used ground to give flavor and/or texture to food such as cakes and biscuits and are also often used in desserts, such as pastries, macaroons and marzipan.

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Recipes:

#01: BUTTERY-ALMOND BARS
#02: ALMOND LAYERED COOKIE
#03: ALMOND BROWNIES
#04: LONGEVITY TREATS
#05: DUTCH ALMOND COOKIES
#06: TASTY ALMOND CAKES
#07: BUTTERSCOTH ALMOND TREATS
#08: GERMAN ALMOND NIPS
#09: CAKEY ALMOND BITES
#10: PLAIN-JANE ALMOND BARS
#11: CHERMOND COOKIES
#12: ALMOND SPICE (SO NICE) SNAPS
#13: ALMOND LOVE LETTERS
#14: TOEHEAD ALMOND BROWNIES
#15: CHOCO-ALMOND DROPS
#16: ALMOND MACAROONS
#17: ALMOND CORDIALS
#18: "ORANGE YOU GLAD" ALMOND BARS
#19: SIMPLE ALMOND SHORTBREAD
#20: WHIPPED ALMOND TREATS
#21: SPICED CHOCOLATE ALMOND COOKIES
#22: BUTTERY ALMOND-OVER COOKIES
#23: CHIPPER EGGNOG BALLS
#24: BUSTED ALMOND NUT COOKIES
#25: CHEERY-CHERRY ALMOND NIPS
#26: ALMOND CHALLENGE COOKIES
#27: BAG OF ALMOND BARS
#28: CREAM CHEESE ALMOND TREATS
#29: NUTTY-BLOCK COOKIES
#30: CUTEY-TOO-FRUITY ALMOND GEMS
#31: ALMONDY COCO CRISPS
#32: CRISPY ALMOND TREATS
#33: COCO-CA-CHEW ALMOND BITES