Almond Cookies (Dim Sum Variety) recipe
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Ingredients
- red food coloring 1 cup vegetable shortening, plus 3 tablespoons vegetable shortening 1 cup sugar 1 egg, beaten 1 teaspoon almond extract 2 ½ cups all-purpose flour ½ teaspoon baking soda ½ teaspoon salt
Nutrition Info
- 172.8 caloriescarbohydrate: 18.3 gcholesterol: 7.8 mgfat: 10.5 gfiber: 0.4 gprotein: 1.6 gsaturatedFat: 2.6 gservingSize: -sodium: 77.8 mgsugar: 8.4 gtransFat: : -unsaturatedFat: : -
Directions Almond Cookies (Dim Sum Variety)
Directions
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Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Pour a few drops of red food coloring into a small bowl, and set aside.
With an electric mixer, beat the shortening together with the sugar in a mixing bowl until creamy. Beat in the egg and almond extract.
In another bowl, sift together the flour, baking soda, and salt. Stir the flour mixture into the sugar-shortening mixture, and mix well. Scoop up a scant tablespoon of dough with a spoon, and form into a walnut-sized ball. Place the ball onto an ungreased cookie sheet, and press the ball slightly with your thumb to create a flat spot on top (don't flatten the cookie). Dip the end of a bamboo chopstick into the red food coloring, and touch the center of each cookie to make a red dot.
Bake in the preheated oven until slightly browned, 15 to 18 minutes. Cool on a rack.