Almond Cookies

This year 2010, Year Of The Tiger~ Chinese New Year has fallen on the same day as Valentine's Day (February 14). Today I made this melt in your mouth heart-shaped Almond Cookies for all bloggers who have visited my site.

Wishing ALL Happy Lunar New Year & Happy Valentine's Day.

Printable recipe

Ingredients:

250g Plain flour

1 tsp Baking powder

3/4 tsp Baking soda

1/4 tsp Salt

90g Icing sugar

60g Ground almond

130g Corn oil

Method:

• Sift all the dry ingredients together in a large bowl.
• Make a well in the centre and pour in corn oil.
• Use spatula to mix the ingredients till combined and use hand to knead it into a soft dough.
• Roll dough between 2 plastic sheets to a thickness about 3mm. click here
• Cut out the dough by using cookie cutter and use a small palette knife to lift up the cut-out soft dough and place on a baking tray lined with baking sheet.
• Lightly brush the dough twice with egg wash. (1 egg with 2 tsp water and 1-2 drop of egg yellow colouring)
• Sprinkle extra some almond nibs on top if you prefer.
• Bake in preheated oven at 150C for about 13-15 mins or until golden brown.
• Leave cookies to cool on wire rack and store in airtight container.