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    Home » Dessert and Sweets recipes

    CHINESE ALMOND COOKIES

    Published: Dec 7, 2015 · Modified: Jan 5, 2023 by Kushi · This post may contain affiliate links.

    Chinese Almond Cookies are crumbly, delicious with full of flavor and one of the best holiday cookies. I must say a great way to celebrate Christmas 🙂

    Chinese Almond Cookies

    This is of the easiest cookie that you can prepare and is irresistible. So make sure you reserve some before serving as this will disappear in no time 🙂 This cookie has become my family's favorite and I am going to bake this again soon!

    Almonds are used only for decorating purpose in these cookies. For more details on the name and history of this cookie you can check here.

    Preparation time : 30 minutes + 1 hour refrigerate
    Serves : 12 cookies

    Ingredients for Chinese Almond Cookies

    Butter - ⅓ cup ( unsalted, at room temperature)
    Sugar - ⅓ cup
    Baking soda - ½ tsp
    Salt - ½ tsp
    Egg - 1
    Vanilla extract - 1 tsp
    Almond extract - 1 - 2 drops
    All purpose flour - 1 cup
    Sliced Almonds - 2 tbsp

    Steps to prepare Chinese Almond Cookies

    Step I

    • Add butter, sugar, salt and baking soda in large mixing bowl. Mix well till the butter becomes lighter.
    • Beat in the egg, vanilla extract, almond extract and mix till its well combined with the butter.
    • Add all purpose flour and mix.
    • Bring everything together using hand to form a ball. Cover it with plastic wrap and refrigerate for 30 minutes - 1 hour.

    Step II

    • Preheat the oven to 325 degree F.
    • Grease the baking sheet with butter. Roll the dough into 1 inch balls and place it atleast 2 inches apart.
    • Using a fork flatten it and sprinkle the sliced almonds or even whole almonds just at center.
    • Bake for about 15 to 20 minutes till the edges and the bottom of cookies becomes light brown in color. Allow it to cool down for 5 minutes.
    • Chinese Almond Cookies are now ready. Serve and enjoy!

    Also check out other cookie recipes for this holiday / christmas:

    • Nankhatai / Melt in mouth cookies
    • Chocolate chip cookie with nutella
    • Triple chocolate chip cookies
    • Double chocolate raspberry cookies

    Chinese Almond Cookies Chinese Almond Cookies

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    Reader Interactions

    Comments

    1. Nisa FD

      December 10, 2015 at 12:35 pm

      lovely pics, they look yummy

      Reply
      • Kushi

        December 10, 2015 at 8:33 pm

        Thank you Nisa 🙂

        Reply
    2. srividhya

      December 15, 2015 at 11:48 am

      This is amazing. Bookmarking it. will try it out soon

      Reply
      • Kushi

        December 15, 2015 at 5:04 pm

        Thank you Sri 🙂 I am sure you will love this

        Reply
    3. Alboni

      August 06, 2016 at 11:05 pm

      Lovely and crispy wow

      Reply
      • Kushi

        August 07, 2016 at 6:34 pm

        Thank you Alboni 🙂

        Reply
    4. Nava K

      August 08, 2016 at 5:44 am

      Awesome, these are perfectly baked cookies. Indeed, for the melt in the mouth texture.

      Reply
      • Kushi

        August 08, 2016 at 5:18 pm

        Thank you Nava 🙂

        Reply
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