Last Updated on April 29, 2026 by Lisa Keys
These light and lemony gluten-free almond cookies are bite-sized cookie cups topped with a whole almond.
"Imagine the Impossible" is the byline of a new show premiering next month on ABC. Now imagine deceased loved ones returning home. This is "Resurrection". If there ever was a show to mess with the mind of a griever then this is it.
Naturally, what every griever wants more than anything else in the world is to have their loved one back with them safe and sound. It seems that is what the show promises. The TV trailer features a mom greeting her son who died 30 years earlier. The joy on her face is like what you would imagine. It's like her heart is jumping out of her chest as she cups his face in her hands. Don't I wish I could do the same, but I know better.
To suggest even the remote possibility of our deceased being resurrected from the dead creates a kind of hope that surely complicates the grief process. It's already hard to accept and let go. This only will make it harder for those who will see the story for something other than the fiction it is.
Now imagine a delicious new life for an old cookie. A cookie cups resurrection. For all my gluten-free readers. this gluten-free almond cookies recipe is for you. Hard to believe gluten-free is so easy and delicious. No weird ingredients or special mixes required.
Gluten-free Almond Cookies
Ingredients
- 3 tablespoons unsalted butter softened
- ¼ cup sugar
- 1 teaspoon grated lemon zest
- 2 eggs
- 1 tablespoon honey
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ¼ teaspoon almond extract
- 1 ¼ cups almond meal flour
- 24 whole almonds
- powdered sugar
Instructions
- Heat oven 350F. Line 24 mini muffin cups with paper liners.
- In a mixing bowl, beat butter and sugar until light and creamy. Add zest, eggs, honey, salt and almond extract; blend well.
- Add almond meal flour; blend well.
- Divide batter among prepared cups. Top each with 1 almond.
- Bake 12 minutes or until puffed and golden brown. Cool.
- Dust with powdered sugar.
Nutrition
For more lemon cookies try this glazed poppyseed lemon cookie and this lemon drop cookie.
Sallie Smith says
I think I will skip the show but try the almond cookie recipe. It would be sweeter choice for me. As you said we know better. Besides, delicious gluten free recipes are always in demand.
lisakeys64 says
I will be skipping the show, too. Let me know how you like the cookie. Bob's Red Mill almond meal flour is what I use and love it. I actually got started baking with almond flour after taking a baking class in Paris. The French bake with it regularly. I like that it adds a bit of protein to the mix, too.
Louis Matino (@LouMatino) says
Yeah I had the same feelings as you when I saw the previews for that show. Seems like a really questionable choice of subject matter that will not help people.
lisakeys64 says
I think it will just make reasonable people feel sad and those who are already struggling with their loss struggle longer
Evelyn says
I certainly agree with Louis! I won't be watching the show.
Love you!
lisakeys64 says
guess we will all boycott the show