C hinese A lmond C ookie 4 CNY lunch

This is one of the recipes I cooked for CNY open house.
Pic by AngelicTosh

Chinese almond cookies are lighter and more delicately flavored than most cookies.

Prep Time:15min
Cook Time:25 min >

Ingredients:
- 2 1/2 cups flour
- 1 cup sugar
-1/8 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 2 beaten eggs
- 1 tablespoon PURE almond extract
- 1/4 pound whole, blanched almonds

Preparation:
Preheat oven to 325 F. In a bowl, mix the flour, sugar, butter, salt and baking soda until it forms a well-mixed dough. Add eggs and almond extract.
Roll out the dough on floured surface. Cut with 2 1/2 inch cookie cutter or cut manually a cylinder shape dough using a knife.
Placed on greased cookie sheet and place an almond in center of each cookie.
Bake for 25 minutes. Makes 30 - 35 cookies.

The air was filled with joy and laughter with the smell of almond.