Retired and raising a miniature Appaloosa Horse, she's 10 months old and we are training her in hopes to use her as a therapy horse, take her to nursing homes, etc. almond lace cookies and broccoli shells and procuitto Broccoli, shells and procuitto Almond Lace Cookies, recipe found in a 2002 Ladies Home Journal and they are indeed the best ever cookie. tried to use Slendar in place of the sugar for the almond lace cookie and it turned the best ever thin, delicate, yummy cookie....into a dry tasteless thick ball.