There are several recipes for almond filled cones and this is my own recipe. They are soft, easy to make and well worth the time.
To make the almond filled cones, these are few steps in pictures.
Almond Filled Cones
Ingredients
Dough
- 3/4 cup all purpose flour
- 1/4 cup unsalted butter, melted and cooled
- 1 tbsp vegetable or canola oil
- 1/2 tbsp orange blossom water
- 1/2 tsp vanilla powder
- 1/8 tsp salt
- 1/4 cup milk (or less)
Filling
- 3/4 cup almond flour
- 1/8 cup granulated sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla powder
- 1/4 tsp cinnamon powder (optional)
- Orange blossom water
Drenching
- About 1 cup sugar syrup
Garnish
- Almond flour or coarsely ground almonds (optional)
Instructions
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In a bowl, sift the flour, salt, vanilla and mix them well with a spoon.
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Add butter, oil, orange blossom water and mix with hands until everything is well incorporated.
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Add milk little by little and mix without kneading until obtain a soft dough. You may not need to use all the milk (depending on your flour).
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Cover the dough with plastic wrap and let rest on the counter for at least 1 hour.
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In meantime, prepare the filling by mixing the almond flour, sugar, vanilla and cinnamon.
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Add orange blossom water 1 tablespoon at the time until obtain a soft paste.
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Cover with plastic wrap and set aside.
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Once the dough is rested, place it on a slightly floured surface and roll out with a rolling pin to about 1/8 inch thick or less.
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Use a round cookie cutter and cut out the dough into discs.
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Place a small amount of filling in the middle of each disc of dough. Make sure to roll the filling first into a small cone with hands.
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Fold the dough over the filling to form a small cone.
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Use a special tool “ Nekkache” to pinch the cones and make them look nice.
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Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least 2 hours, preferably overnight.
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Place the cones in a baking sheet.
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Bake in a 350°F preheated oven for about 20 minutes.
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Drench immediately in sugar syrup.
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Dip the top of the cones in almond flour or coarsley ground almonds (optional).
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Enjoy.
Recipe Notes
- You can dip the top of the cones in chocolate sprinkles, ground pistachios, ground peanuts or other and that is optional.
- You can reduce the amount of butter into 1/2 if you prefer.
- You can add powdered sugar to the dough (about 1/8 cup for this recipe) if you don’t want to drench the cones in syrup.
- You can drench the cones in Maple syrup if you like.
- You can replace milk with water or orange blossom water.
- Total time in this recipe didn’t include the rest time of the dough.
- I used 1/4 cup as a measuring cup in this recipe.