My first baked for the Chinese New Year ........ Cashew Nut Cookies.
Cashew Nut Cookies
Ingredients
250g butter
180g icing
sugar
400g plain
flour
1 tsp
baking powder
180g ground
cashew nuts
1 egg yolk
1 tsp
vanilla extract
100g half
cut, cashew nuts, for garnishing
Egg Wash:
1 egg white
1 egg yolk
Method
Preheat
oven to 150 Celcius
Sift plain
flour and baking powder together
Cream
butter and icing sugar till smooth and creamy. Add in egg yolk and vanilla extract.
Add in
flour and ground cashew nuts. Mix well
until it forms dough.
Roll dough
to ¼” thickness and cut into your desire shape.
Light brush
with egg white and place one cashew nut on top, thereafter brush again with egg
wash.
Bake for
20-25 minutes till golden brown.
Making cookies is very time consuming..... unlike baking cakes!
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