Chinese Almond Cakes recipe

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Ingredients

2 ½ cups sifted all-purpose flour
¾ cup white sugar
¼ teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking powder
¾ cup butter, softened
1 egg
3 tablespoons water
1 teaspoon almond extract
36 blanched almonds
1 egg yolk

Nutrition Info

184.9 calories
carbohydrate: 22.2 g
cholesterol: 42 mg
fat: 9.6 g
fiber: 0.7 g
protein: 2.9 g
saturatedFat: 5.2 g
servingSize: -
sodium: 119.3 mg
sugar: 8.5 g
transFat: : -
unsaturatedFat: : -

Directions

  1. Sift flour, sugar, salt and baking powder together in a large bowl. Using pastry blender or knives, cut in butter until mixture resembles coarse cornmeal.

  2. Beat the egg together with 2 tablespoons of the water and the almond extract. Add this to the flour mixture and mix with a fork until dough leaves the sides of the bowl.

  3. On a lightly floured surface, knead the dough until it is smooth. Wrap it in foil or cling-wrap and refrigerate for one hour.

  4. Meanwhile, preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).

  5. Form dough into 1 inch balls and place them 3 inch apart on ungreased cookie sheets. Flatten each cookie to about 1/4 inch thick and press an almond into the center of each. Beat egg yolk with 1 tablespoon water and brush on cookies.

  6. Bake 20-25 minutes or until golden brown. Remove to wire rack to cool.

Recipe Yield

3 dozen

Recipe Note

Butter cookies topped with an almond.

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