Almond Cookies Recipes

I would like to take this opportunity to wish all my Muslim friends and blog readers Selamat Hari Raya Aidil Fitri. Hope all of you will have a good time with your family and also enjoying all the yummy food. I am in the Hari Raya mood too as I baked these cookies to give it my good friend Zue when I visit her. This is one of the many type of cookies that people like to make for Hari Raya.

Ingredients :

160 grm of butter
150 grm of sugar
1 egg
1/2 tsp of vanilla
220 grm of flour
80 grm of cornstarch
3 tbsp of coffeemate powder
60 grm of almond powder

Glaze :
1 egg yolk
some chopped almond

1) In a medium bowl mix flour, cornstarch, coffeemate and almond powder. Mix well.
2) Cream sugar and butter until light and creamy. Add in egg and vanilla until well combined.
3) Slow down the speed of your mixer and slowly add in the flour until everything became dough.
4) Lightly dust your work surface with some flour and roll out the cookie dough to about 0.5cm thickness. Cut out dough with a cookies cutter into desire shapes. Arrange cookies into a lightly greased baking tray.
5) Brush the top of the cookies with beaten egg yolk and sprinkle some almond on top.
6) Bake in a pre-heated 350 degree F oven for 15 minutes or lightly brown. Cool and wire racks.