Almond Cookies

The couple of weeks before Chinese New Year is a crazy baking time for me.  With a 9 to 6 job, I only get to bake either on weekends or on week nights.  There aren't many weekend to consider if you wanna have freshly baked cookies.  So the next alternative is to bake on week nighs after work.  As I finish work quite late usually around 8pm, I can only start baking at 9pm and often finished off past mid night.  Though tired but the joy of seeing cute delectable cookies that melt in the mouth is indescribable.  This is one of them; Almond Cookes.  This recipe is adapted from Alan Ooi's New Year Cookies cookbook.


Ingredients
125gm ground almond
180g plain flour
100g icing sugar
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp baking soda
130ml corn oil

Egg Glace
1 egg yolk

1.  Sift ground almond, plain flour, icing sugar, baking powder and baking soda into a mixing bowl.
2.  Make a well in the centre of flour mixture and gradually stir in the corn oil.
3.  Combine ingredients together to form a dough.
4.  Scoop level teaspoon of dough and roll them into balls.
5.  Dot the centre of balls with egg glace using the round end of a chopstick.
6.  Bake in an oven pre-heated to 170C for approx. 15 minutes.
7.  Let cookies cool completely before packing them into container.