Ingredients for Dotti’s Chinese Almond Cookies recipe
3 cups all-purpose flour
1 cup white sugar
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 cup shortening
2 teaspoons almond extract
1 egg, beaten
8 ounces whole blanched
almonds
Directions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line baking sheets
with parchment paper. Sift the flour, sugar, baking soda, and salt
together in a bowl.
Using two knives or a pastry cutter, cut the shortening into the flour
mixture until it resembles coarse crumbs. Stir in the almond extract
and egg, and mix the dough together by hand. Turn the dough out
onto a floured work surface, and knead a few times until the dough
is smooth.
Pinch off about 1 tablespoon of dough per cookie, and roll into a
ball about 3/4-inch in diameter. Place the balls onto the prepared
baking sheets, and flatten each slightly. Press an almond into the
center of each cookie.
Bake in the preheated oven until the cookies are barely golden,
about 12 minutes. Cool on racks.
