Toffee Almond Sandies are one of my favorite Christmas cookies. Really. They’re filled with almond flavoring, slivered or sliced almonds and loaded with Heath English Toffee Bits. These cookies also use wheat flour as well as regular flour.

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The cookies are rolled in sugar before baking making the “sandy” type appearance and texture. Toffee Almond Sandies are one of the most scrumptious cookies you’ll ever eat. I highly recommend them for tailgating parties, Christmas baking or just because!

In addition to lots of almond and toffee flavorings, Toffee Almond Sandies are also very easy  to make and whip up quickly. I love Taste of Home cookbooks and recipes, and I have found hundreds of great recipes from their cookbooks and magazines.

We have made this Taste of Home recipe for our Christmas cookie collection in years past.  I love the texture of Toffee Almond Sandies, they’re crispy on the outside and chewy on the inside. The main change I have made from the original recipe is to increase the flour. This enabled the cookie to hold its shape and not flatten out so much that the cookies kind of ran together in the pan. We enjoy them a lot more with this correction.

I first published this recipe in June of 2012. I revised the post in early November of 2012. But I was still new to the blogging world and my pictures were of extremely poor quality.

I recently remade this recipe (November 2014) for our Christmas Cookie Extravaganza – 2014. I’ve updated the pictures so you can have a better appreciation of these delicious treats. They are still one of our favorite Christmas cookies. No matter what occasion we make them for, everyone always loves them. You will too!

Toffee Almond Sandies are one of my favorite cookies. I love baking them for our Christmas Cookie Extravaganza.

Toffee Almond Sandies have a nice crispy and crunchy texture.

Each cookie is filled with Heath English Toffee Bits and almonds.

These are terrific cookies for fall baking.

Here’s what I did.

I used these ingredients.

Soften butter, add to mixing bowl with canola oil, eggs, sugar, powdered sugar, salt, cream of tartar, baking soda and almond extract.

Mix everything together with an electric mixer. I like to add the salt, soda, and cream of tartar now where it can really get mixed in well with the ingredients rather than stirring it in later with the flour.

Add UNBLEACHED all-purpose flour. Bleached flour will toughen cookies and cakes. Add whole wheat flour, sliced or slivered almonds, and Heath English Toffee Bits.

In this large bowlful I used sliced almonds rather than slivered. Each work fine.

Stir ingredients with a spoon to combine.

Add sugar to a small bowl. Roll dough balls into the sugar and Place on greased cookie sheets. I used over a cup of sugar total.

Press cookie dough down with a fork in criss-cross fashion.

Bake at 350 for 15-20 minutes or until done. I was running 5 racks at a time. My first batch took almost 30 minutes! The second batch about 20 and the third batch about 15-17 minutes. If you only bake one rack at a time, your cookies may cook even faster.

Toffee Almond Sandies are great to take for potlucks, backyard barbecues or tailgating parties.

Here’s a plate of these delicious treats.

If you enjoy toffee and almond flavors, you’ll love these cookies.

Here’s the recipe.

TOFFEE ALMOND SANDIES

(Recipe adapted from Taste of Home Annual Recipes 1999)

Toffee Almond Sandies

Teresa Ambra

Toffee Almond Sandies are irresistible! These lovely cookies are filled with Heath English Toffee Bits, almonds and almond flavoring. I guarantee they'll satisfy any sweet tooth craving you have! They're perfect for holiday baking and Christmas Cookie Exchanges. If you enjoy the flavors of toffee and almonds, you'll rave over these delicious treats.

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Prep Time 25 minutes mins

Cook Time 15 minutes mins

Total Time 40 minutes mins

Course Cookies, Brownies and Bars

Cuisine American

Servings 66

Calories 152 kcal

Equipment

• 3 18x26" cookie sheet pans
• 1 large mixing bowl
• 1 electric mixer
• 1 wooden spoon
• 1 spatula
• measuring cups
• measuring spoons

Ingredients

  

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• 1 cup unsalted butter softened, no substitutes
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 1 cup confectioners’ sugar
• 1 cup canola oil or use coconut oil or avocado oil
• 2 large eggs
• 1 tsp. almond extract
• 4 to 4 1/2 cups UNBLEACHED all-purpose flour bleached flour toughens baked goods
• 1 cup whole wheat flour
• 1 tsp. baking soda
• 1 tsp. cream of tartar
• 1 tsp. salt
• 2 cups almonds slivered or sliced
• 8 oz. pkg. Heath English toffee bits
• 1/3 cup granulated sugar to roll cookies in

Instructions

 

• In a mixing bowl, cream butter, sugar, oil, eggs, almond extract, baking soda, cream of tartar and salt with an electric mixer.
• Stir in flour, whole wheat flour, almonds and toffee bits.
• Mix thoroughly; this may take 4-5 minutes with a wooden spoon.
• Shape into 1-inch balls; roll in granulated sugar.
• Place on greased cookie sheets; flatten with a fork in criss-cross fashion.
• Bake at 350° for 15-17 minutes or until lightly browned.
• Rotate cookie sheets on oven racks every six minutes of baking time.
• Cool completely.

Notes

Recipe adapted from Taste of Home.

 

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Nutrition

Calories: 152kcalCarbohydrates: 16gProtein: 2gFat: 10gSaturated Fat: 3gPolyunsaturated Fat: 2gMonounsaturated Fat: 5gTrans Fat: 0.1gCholesterol: 17mgSodium: 57mgPotassium: 42mgFiber: 1gSugar: 6gVitamin A: 136IUVitamin C: 0.04mgCalcium: 8mgIron: 1mg

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Toffee Almond Sandies are festive and beautiful cookies. A batch of these cookies will be snatched up in no time!

Don’t Toffee Almond Sandies look marvelous?

Don’t forget to save a few for Santa!

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Toffee Almond Sandies

Teresa Ambra

Toffee Almond Sandies are irresistible! These lovely cookies are filled with Heath English Toffee Bits, almonds and almond flavoring. I guarantee they’ll satisfy any sweet tooth craving you have! They’re perfect for holiday baking and Christmas Cookie Exchanges. If you enjoy the flavors of toffee and almonds, you’ll rave over these delicious treats.

No ratings yet

Print Recipe Pin Recipe

Prep Time 25 minutes mins

Cook Time 15 minutes mins

Total Time 40 minutes mins

Course Cookies, Brownies and Bars

Cuisine American

Servings 66

Calories 152 kcal

Equipment

• 3 18×26" cookie sheet pans
• 1 large mixing bowl
• 1 electric mixer
• 1 wooden spoon
• 1 spatula
• measuring cups
• measuring spoons

Ingredients

  

1x2x3x

• 1 cup unsalted butter softened, no substitutes
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 1 cup confectioners’ sugar
• 1 cup canola oil or use coconut oil or avocado oil
• 2 large eggs
• 1 tsp. almond extract
• 4 to 4 1/2 cups UNBLEACHED all-purpose flour bleached flour toughens baked goods
• 1 cup whole wheat flour
• 1 tsp. baking soda
• 1 tsp. cream of tartar
• 1 tsp. salt
• 2 cups almonds slivered or sliced
• 8 oz. pkg. Heath English toffee bits
• 1/3 cup granulated sugar to roll cookies in

Instructions

 

• In a mixing bowl, cream butter, sugar, oil, eggs, almond extract, baking soda, cream of tartar and salt with an electric mixer.
• Stir in flour, whole wheat flour, almonds and toffee bits.
• Mix thoroughly; this may take 4-5 minutes with a wooden spoon.
• Shape into 1-inch balls; roll in granulated sugar.
• Place on greased cookie sheets; flatten with a fork in criss-cross fashion.
• Bake at 350° for 15-17 minutes or until lightly browned.
• Rotate cookie sheets on oven racks every six minutes of baking time.
• Cool completely.

Notes

Recipe adapted from Taste of Home.

 

^© Can’t Stay Out of the Kitchen

Nutrition

Calories: 152kcalCarbohydrates: 16gProtein: 2gFat: 10gSaturated Fat: 3gPolyunsaturated Fat: 2gMonounsaturated Fat: 5gTrans Fat: 0.1gCholesterol: 17mgSodium: 57mgPotassium: 42mgFiber: 1gSugar: 6gVitamin A: 136IUVitamin C: 0.04mgCalcium: 8mgIron: 1mg

Keyword almonds, cookie, dessert, Heath English Toffee Bits, toffee

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