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Ball Cookies
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Ball Cookies

A soft dough of flour (or almond flour), sugar, eggs and fat, rolled by hand into balls, sometimes topped with an almond, and baked until the edges turn golden.

⏱ 29 min

👨‍🍳 Method

  1. 1
    Preheat the oven to 170°C (340°F) and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
    ⚙ Preheating the OvenOven
    💡Put things in the oven only once it's reached temperature, after the heating light has gone off: an oven that hasn't reached temperature changes baking times, and the bake burns outside or stays underbaked.
  2. 2
    Mix the flour and sugar.
  3. 3
    Add the eggs and oil and mix into a soft dough.
  4. 4
    Roll tablespoons of dough into balls the size of a walnut and place on the baking sheet, spaced apart.
    Baking pan
    💡Roll with damp hands: the soft dough won't stick, and the balls come out smooth.
  5. 5
    Bake 12–15 minutes, until the cookies are golden at the edges.
    ⚙ BakingOvenBaking pan
    💡Cookies that look too soft coming out of the oven firm up as they cool. Take them out when just the edges are golden.
    💡Check by the cue (until…), not just the clock: every oven bakes a little differently.
  6. 6
    Let cool completely before serving.
521calories
13 gprotein
42 gcarbs
33 gfat
● protein 10%● carbs 32%● fat 58%

Per serving (118 g), of 4 servings

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⚖ About the ingredients

🔧 Tools needed (2) · 🍳 One cooking vessel

  • Oven · 💡 Workaround, changes the dish: Toaster oven (Fits one small pan; good for small batches) · Air fryer (Small batches only, no runny batters) · Pot (Only for covered stews on the stovetop, no browning on top)
  • Baking pan · Also works: Glass / ovenproof baking dish (None) · Disposable pan (None)

By the steps, as the recipe is built now: another version or addition can change the list.

⚙️ What you can change

  • Possible additions: Flour · Ground nuts · Sesame · Coconut · Sugar · Brown sugar · Baking powder · Baking soda · Cinnamon · Cardamom · salt · Eggs · Oil · Peanut butter · Raw tahini · Honey · Vanilla · Rose water · Extract · Chopped chocolate · Rolled in sesame seeds · Flattening the balls (a little) · An almond on each cookie · Coarse salt on top · Powdered sugar on top · Semolina · Chilling the dough (minutes) (15) · Whipped egg whites · Almond paste · Cumin · Grated carrot · Chopped nuts · Raisins · Vanilla sugar · Egg whites (not whipped) · Ground anise · Lemon juice · Brushed with egg before coating · Chopped nuts in the coating · Water · Cold water, a tablespoon at a time · Ground mastic · Grated orange zest · Ground ginger · Cocoa · Honey on the warm cookies · Oats · Log sliced into rounds (thickness) (1 cm)
  • What to roll them in: Sesame
  • What to press onto each cookie: whole almond
  • Sign the baking is done: the cookies are golden at the edges

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