Almond Sablé Dough Recipe | Sugar Geek Show (2024)

Published: Jan 15, 2018 · Modified: Mar 12, 2020 by Elizabeth Marek · This post may contain affiliate links · 32 Comments

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Almond Sablé Dough is great for making those trendy cream tarts

Almond Sablé Dough is a sweet shortcrust made with ground almond flour. The cookie is sweet, flaky and very tender but stable enough to support filling and toppings.

For an almond free version, check out my Pate Sucree recipe (tart dough).

Recipe

Almond Sablé Dough

The perfect dough for making those letter and number shaped pastries that are all the rage on the internet right now!

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Prep Time: 20 minutes minutes

Cook Time: 20 minutes minutes

chill: 1 hour hour

Total Time: 40 minutes minutes

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: American

Servings: 2 8" tarts

Calories: 1742kcal

Author: Elizabeth Marek

Ingredients

2 ¼ cups AP flour unbleached, keep a little extra for dusting
¾ cup almond flour
½ teaspoon kosher salt
8 oz unsalted butter
½ cup powdered sugar
1 large egg
1 large egg yolk

Instructions

In a bowl, whisk together the AP flour, almond flour and salt.
Put a paddle attachment onto your stand mixer, then combine butter and confectioner's sugar in mixer bowl. Mix on medium-low speed until combined, about 4 minutes.
Mix in the egg and then the yolk, allowing each to be incorporated before adding the next. In 2 parts, add the flour mixtures, scraping down the sides of the bowl after each part.
Turn bowl over with dough mixture onto a clean lightly-floured work surface. Divide in half, shape into flattened desks and wrap each 1 in plastic warp. Refrigerate for at least 1 hour, or overnight.

Notes

Dough can be stored frozen for up to 1 month. Thaw it overnight in refrigerator before using. Baking directions depend on the type of pastry. For the cutout fruit tart, cut your design out of the dough, put cutout design in freezer for 10 minutes, then bake 350ºF/176ºC until golden brown.

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Dvora says
April 10, 2018 at 10:45 am
That amount of butter (14 tablespoons)actually converts to 200 grams rather than 100. Recipe looks gorgeous!
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Lauren says
May 30, 2018 at 5:15 am
Weight convertions are completely wrong!!
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- The Sugar Geek Show says
  May 30, 2018 at 7:38 am
  Really? I will double check them for you. Thanks for letting me know
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Valerie says
June 12, 2018 at 1:10 pm
Wanting to make...just checking to make sure quantities are correct? Thanks
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- The Sugar Geek Show says
  June 12, 2018 at 4:13 pm
  Quantities are correct
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Karleen Richards says
June 27, 2018 at 2:46 am
Please confirm butter quantity. Is it 200g or 100g?
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- The Sugar Geek Show says
  June 27, 2018 at 5:14 pm
  8 oz
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Lisa P says
June 28, 2018 at 7:32 am

Very easy to follow and love the serving calculator! This turned out delicious!
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- The Sugar Geek Show says
  June 28, 2018 at 8:46 pm
  You're welcome! I'm so glad
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someone triedthis says
June 28, 2018 at 6:31 pm
Not a tasty cookie 🙁 I used this recipe for my daughters college graduation last week and was disappointed. The cookie had almost no flavor at all. I had used an Almond Sable recipe years ago but no longer have that cookbook. Would not recommend.
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- The Sugar Geek Show says
  June 28, 2018 at 8:42 pm
  This isn't a cookie recipe, it's tart dough which doesn't have any flavor. Just like a pie dough. The flavor comes from the filling 🙂
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- Diana says
  November 11, 2019 at 7:21 pm
  Hi! How thin should I roll the dough... 1/4"..? Thank you.
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  - The Sugar Geek Show says
    November 12, 2019 at 12:35 pm
    I would say about 1/8" thick
Jeremy Davis says
July 17, 2018 at 1:19 pm

Going to be making this for the first time for a client. Can't wait. Thanks for having a go to recipe here.
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Lulu says
August 06, 2018 at 10:43 am
Hi, was the amount for butter initially 14 Tablespoons? I used this recipe back in March and I believe the amount for butter was less than 8oz? I really liked the initially recipe. Please help.
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- The Sugar Geek Show says
  August 06, 2018 at 10:30 pm
  Yes the measurement is the same. 14 Tbsp is 8oz of butter
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Dreefy says
October 09, 2018 at 12:39 pm
Hello! Is there any way to use another flour in place of the AP flour? My family requires recipes be gluten free, with some being grain free completely. Will I destroy the tart if I use a GF blend or a full nut flour blend? I really need the tart to hold shape for letters.
Thank you in advance for your reply ?
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Dreefy says
October 09, 2018 at 4:36 pm
Hi! Is there any way to replace the AP flour with a GF or nut flour blend? My family requires GF, with some members being grain free completely. I need a tart recipe for the letter & number cutouts and am lost. Please help?
Thank you in advance!!
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- The Sugar Geek Show says
  October 11, 2018 at 11:42 am
  I recommend using bobs red mill 1:1 baking blend. It works perfectly for making any recipe gluten free
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Maureen says
December 20, 2018 at 3:50 pm
Can you use this dough for pies?
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- The Sugar Geek Show says
  December 21, 2018 at 10:21 am
  I would use pie dough
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Bee says
January 25, 2019 at 8:40 pm
There are 16 tablespoons in 8 ounces iof butter, not 14? Please confirm.
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- The Sugar Geek Show says
  January 28, 2019 at 10:08 am
  If you go by weight then you'll have the exact amount of butter that you need.
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Kelly says
March 23, 2019 at 7:15 am

Hi, I've tried this recipe so many times and my family LOVES IT! Especially my father who doesn't eat cake. My fathers birthday is coming up and i would love to make it for him again but my nephew is now allergic to nuts. Is there anything I can substitue the Almond flower with, even thought it is an almond tart?
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- The Sugar Geek Show says
  March 23, 2019 at 11:35 am
  Check out my Pate Sucree recipe (tart dough) https://sugargeekshow.com/recipe/pate-sucree-tart-dough-recipe/
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Christine felice says
May 01, 2019 at 5:33 pm
Where can I find the number and letter stencils and how many inches should each letter or number be???
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- The Sugar Geek Show says
  May 04, 2019 at 6:29 pm
  In the cream tart recipe. You can just print them out to use as a stencil
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Carolyn M says
July 09, 2019 at 7:23 pm
I made this and when rolling it out it kept cracking on me. Any tips on where I went wrong?
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- The Sugar Geek Show says
  July 09, 2019 at 9:02 pm
  Could have been a tad cold 🙂 Just fix the crack and keep going
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Letha says
June 01, 2020 at 9:10 am

I've been making the trendy number/letter tarts for a couple of years now, and use this recipe for my base. I love it. It is so easy to work with and allows the flavors of the fillings and toppings to shine.
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Valerie Fox says
June 03, 2020 at 9:06 pm
What kind of filling do you use for this tart? Thanks
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- Elizabeth Marek says
  June 04, 2020 at 9:38 am
  Any filling you want 🙂 Pastry cream with fresh fruit is very common, lemon curd, chocolate ganache etc
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Almond Sablé Dough Recipe | Sugar Geek Show (2024)

Almond Sablé Dough is great for making those trendy cream tarts

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Almond Sablé Dough

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