Chinese Almond Cookies

Method

1. Take refined flour, sugar, brown sugar, baking soda, baking powder and salt in a bowl and mix well.
2. Take butter and vanaspati ghee in a mixing bowl and whisk well. Add vanilla essence and eggs and whisk.
3. Add the flour mixture to the egg mixture, a little at a time, and mix well with a spatula. Add chopped nuts and mix well to make a firm and smooth dough.
4. Shape the dough into a long rectangle log, wrap tightly in butter paper or aluminium foil and refrigerate for 4 hours.
5. Preheat the oven to 200º C. Line a baking tray with butter paper.
6. Cut the dough into pieces and shape each piece into a round cookie. Place them on the butter paper lined baking tray. Place a whole almond firmly on top of each cookie.
7. Keep the tray in the preheated oven and bake for 20 minutes.
8. Cool and serve or store in airtight container.

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