Chinese New Year Almond Cookies recipe
Ring in the Chinese New Year with these delicious almond cookies! This recipe is easy to follow and requires no special ingredients.
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup whole wheat flour
- 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 cup ground almonds
- 1/4 teaspoon baking powder
- Dash of salt
- 1/2 cup butter - softened
- 1/3 cup raw sugar
- 1 egg
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla paste or 1 tsp of vanilla extract
- 40 whole almonds I used honey vanilla spiced almonds
Instructions
- Sift the flour into a bowl, and mix in ground almonds, baking powder and salt.
- In a large bowl, cream the butter and sugar. Then beat in egg and vanilla paste (or vanilla extract).
- Add the combined flour mixture into the wet mixture. Mix just until blended.
- Cover the mixture with plastic wrap and chill for an hour.
- Shape dough into balls, about the size of a ping pong ball. Place dough balls about two inches apart on a parchment-lined baking pan, and press an almond into the center of each cookie.
- Bake at 160C (320F) for 15 minutes, or until cookie is slightly firm. Then turn up the temperature to 180C (355F) and bake for another 2-3 minutes until lightly browned. Remove from pan and cool on cookie rack…or just munch away!
Nutrition
Serving: 150gCalories: 61kcalCarbohydrates: 5gProtein: 1gFat: 4gSaturated Fat: 1gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 1gTrans Fat: 1gCholesterol: 4mgSodium: 31mgPotassium: 18mgFiber: 1gSugar: 2gVitamin A: 108IUVitamin C: 1mgCalcium: 12mgIron: 1mg
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