Mango Almond Spice Cookies

🧂 Ingredients

• 1/2 cup unsalted butter

  softened to room temperature (1 stick)
• 1 cup brown sugar

  packed
• 2 large eggs
• 2 1/2 cups UNBLEACHED all-purpose flour

  (bleached flour toughens baked goods)
• 1/4 tsp. baking soda
• 2 tsp. baking powder
• 1/3 tsp. salt
• 1 tsp. cinnamon
• 1/2 tsp. ground cloves
• 1/2 cup almonds

  sliced
• 2 cups mangos

  peeled, finely diced (about 5 ataulfo mangos)
• 4 tbsp. unsalted butter

  softened
• 2 tbsp. lemon juice
• 1 tbsp. water
• 1 tsp. lemon peel

  grated
• 3 cups powdered sugar

Instructions

• 1 Mix butter, brown sugar, eggs, baking soda, baking powder, salt, cinnamon and
  cloves with an electric mixer until creamy.
• 2 Add flour, almonds and mangos and stir well to combine.
• 3 Using a ¼ cup cookie scoop, scoop out dough and place on greased cookie sheets.
• 4 Chill dough about 5-10 minutes in the freezer.
• 5 Bake at 350° 15-20 minutes or until done.
• 6 Rotate cookie sheets on oven racks every six to seven minutes of baking time.
• 7 Cool completely.
• 8 Spread with Lemon Buttercream Frosting.
• 9 Blend ingredients until smooth and of spreading consistency.
• 10 Spread over top of Mango Almond Spice Cookies.
• 11 Sprinkle additional lemon zest over top of each cookie, if desired.

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