Chinese Almond Cookies
There are all kinds of almond cookies, today I am teaching you how to make Chinese almond cookies, which are equally great, if not better!
Right before Lunar New Year (Chinese New Year), we would be baking up a storm in the kitchen. Other than peanut cookies and walnut cookies, Chinese-Malaysians also love almond cookies.
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Almond cookies are white in color, and they look almost like melting moments cookies, but they have a tint of almond flavor because of the almond flakes and almond extract.
The cookies are very crumbly, and the almond flakes lend an amazing nutty flavor to the cookies.
My contributor CP Choong tried this almond cookies recipe from a cookbook in Malaysia. The recipe doesn’t call for butter but shortening is used instead, which means that the almond cookies will be super crumbly and melt in your mouth.
As a young child, I dislike the taste and unique aroma of almond but as I grow older, almond has become one of my favorite nuts. These almond cookies are sweet, powdery, and they are a great treat for Lunar New Year.
How Many Calories Per Serving?
This recipe is only 271 calories per serving.
Pairs well with:
White Almond Cookies Recipe
Super crumbly almond cookies with chopped almonds in the cookies. They're so good you won't stop eating!
Ingredients
Ingredients:
- 130 g shortening (4.5 oz or 1/2 cup)
- 70 g icing sugar (powdered sugar) (1/2 cup)
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 80 g corn starch (1/2 cup)
- 120 g all-purpose flour or plain flour (1 cup)
- 60 g almond flakes (lightly roasted) (2 oz)
- 1/4 teaspoon almond extract, (optional)
Utensil needed: Round cookie cutter
Directions
- 1Preheat oven to 160C / 325F, lined a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- 2In a medium bowl, beat shortening, icing sugar and salt, and almond extract if using, until smooth.
- 3Add sieved corn flour and all purpose flour, follow by almond flakes. Stir till well incorporated to become a soft dough.
- 4Roll dough between sheets of plastic until 1cm thick. Stain cookie cutter with some flour and cut into rounds. Arrange on baking sheets.
- 5Bake in preheated oven at 160C / 325F for 20 minutes. Remove and let cool completely. Store in airtight container.
Recipe Notes
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Raeki
Thank you. Corn flour is available everywhere but wasn’t sure.
Maureen
Have no5 made these but can you use almond flour instead of regular white flour.
This says 1/2 cup corn starch that doesn’t sound right to me , an aw Lot of cornstarch.v.
Rasa Malaysia
It’s 1/2 cup corn starch. These cookies are absolutely crumbly and melt in the mouth because of that.
Chrissie Baker
Just made these with my daughter. Easy, straightforward recipe. Simple prep and baking. Delicious cookies.
Est
Can I use Crisco brand shortening? If I substitute to butter will the cookie still melt?
Jessica
How many cookies does this recipe make? I don’t think it’s 8 as it says under servings based on the photos. Thank you!
Rasa Malaysia
Serve 8 people. Forgot how many pieces.
DebB
What size cookie cutter is everyone use? Personally, I don’t use them but would like to get the size correct.
STEPHEN LAMPHEAR
How ’bout posting the ingredients by volume rather than weight? I don’t need to know how much a half cup of an ingredient weighs when a half cup by volume is the same for everything. A half cup of flour and of sugar are the same volume – and baking chemistry is more about volume than weight.