Chinese Almond Cookies
- 1 cup butter, softened
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 egg
- 2 teaspoons almond extract
- 3 cups all-purpose flour, sifted
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon salt
- Red food coloring
Chinese Almond Cookies
Featured in the February 2022 - Hookui newsletter.
Recipe compliments of Dorothy Chun Mau, Palolo Chinese Home.
Ingredients:
Directions:
- Heat oven to 325°F.
- Line 2 cookie sheets with parchment paper.
- In a large bowl, beat butter, sugar, egg and almond extract until mixture is lumpy.
- Add flour, baking soda and salt and mix well.
- Form and roll dough into 1-inch balls and place on cookie sheets.
- Lightly flatten the ball.
- Put a few drops of food coloring in a shallow dish.
- Dip end of a chopstick into food coloring and stamp a red dot in the center of each cookie ball.
- Bake for 15 minutes.
- Cool.
Makes 60 cookies.
Approximate Nutrient Analysis per cookie:
70 calories, 3 g fat, 2 g saturated fat, 10 mg cholesterol, 55 mg sodium, 8 g carbohydrate, 0 g fiber, 3 g sugar, 1 g protein
