17 January 2011

Almond Cookies


The Fourth cookies ... Melty Almond Cookies...oh, I should say crunchy melty almond cookies. The flaked almonds provides extra texture to this cookies, when I popped the cookies into my mouth, it melted-in-my-mouth; leave behind the almond flakes for me to crunch. The recipe is really easy and not difficult to achieve the desire result, Jess, you are right!


Almond cookies ready for oven.


Yummy! I ate the cookies immediately when it was out from oven!  


Recipe adapted from J3ss Kitch3n
Ingredients:
150g self raising flour
80g icing sugar (I reduced to 50g)
80g ground almond (I used 100g)
80g diced almonds
100g corn oil
1/2 tsp almond essence
Egg yolk for brushing (omitted)

Steps:
1. Sift together flour and icing sugar, add in ground almond and diced almonds, mix well.
2. Mix almond essence into corn oil and stir well.
3. Mix both ingredients together to form a soft dough. (the dough will come together when you roll them so don't worry about it being crumbly)
4. Shape into small round balls. Place on the baking paper. 
5. Decorate with toppings of your choice and bake in a preheated oven at 170°C for 15-20 mins or until slightly brown.
6. Cool completely on wire rack before storing into airtight containers.



I'm submitting this post to the Aspiring Bakers #3 My Favorite CNY Cookie (Jan 2011), hosted by J3ss Kitch3n

22 comments:

  1. very prettily decorated! glad you love them as much as i do!

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  2. i like the idea of adding sliced almonds on top of the cookies as well, good job! :)

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  3. Hanushi, thank you!

    Jess, I'm going to bake more...

    Jean, thanks! The topping add extra crunch to the cookies ^_^

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  4. I can see lots of the melt-in-mouth effect in your pictures...yum!

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  5. 第一次到你的家,欢迎我吗?有很多好吃的东西哦。。

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  6. Look soooo good! Will have to try it someday. Thanks for sharing.

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  7. Zoe, this recipe is really easy, you will be satisfied with the end result!

    Tracylow, 欢迎欢迎!!请自便,别客气。

    Jet,this recipe is not difficult, try to bake it and you will know what I mean.

    鲸鱼, 别等了快开工吧 ^_^

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  8. You bake a lot of yummy cookies recently! Nice to see easy and creative recipes! It seems I have to start baking my cookies already.

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  9. Wonderful! I finished mine already, going to bake another batch soon. Will try adding in almond flakes like yours next time.

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  10. Min, today I also baked another batch as well, thinking this is an easy job among my other cookies.

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  11. the cookie fever is spreading to everyone!!

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  12. Lovely looking cookie, I must start my cookies baking soon, getting very lazy:P

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  13. Jeannie, CNY is getting near, have to be quick to finish my baking ^_^

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  14. dear Ah Tze,

    howlong can the cookies be kept?

    rachel

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    1. hi Rachel, as there is no preservative added to the cookies it should be finished within two weeks time. i suggest the cookies to be always keep in tight container.

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  15. Dear ah tze, can I use plain flour.?

    Vivian

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    1. hi Vivian, i used plain flour for some of my cookies too, it should be ok.

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