Chinese Almond Cookies
Created by dienia b on June 22, 2015
- Servings: 30
- Prep Time: 1d
- Cook Time: 10m
- Recipe #19673
Ingredients
- 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 cup lard
- 1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
- 1/4 cup almonds
- 1 teaspoon almond extract
- 2 large eggs
- 1 tablespoon water
- 1/2 cup almonds (they need to be 30 almond halves, blanched but the computer doesnt understand this lol)
- 1 egg yolk (beaten)
How to Make
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Step 1: Sift flour and baking powder.
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Step 2: Blend lard, sugar and 1/4 cup almonds in a food processor until it has a coarse meal texture.
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Step 3: Add extract, eggs and 1 tablespoon water.
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Step 4: Add flour mixture.
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Step 5: Wrap and refrigerate overnight.
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Step 6: Form 1-1/2 inch balls; press down; add almond half to indentation.
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Step 7: Dip fingers in egg yolk and dip on top of cookies.
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Step 8: Bake cookies on a floured cookie sheet 5 minutes at 375F and 8 to 10 minutes at 300°F to make sure dough is stiff.
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Step 9: You may need to add a little more flour.
Nutritional Facts
- Serving Size: 1 (34.7 g)
- Calories 159.6
- Total Fat - 8.6 g
- Saturated Fat - 3 g
- Cholesterol - 26.5 mg
- Sodium - 18 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 18.6 g
- Dietary Fiber - 0.6 g
- Sugars - 10.1 g
- Protein - 2.1 g
- Calcium - 22.1 mg
- Iron - 0.3 mg
- Vitamin C - 0 mg
- Thiamin - 0 mg