Most crisp Chinese style almond cookie.

Chinese almond cookie is one of the yummy and crunchy Chinese style pastries, usually made for festivals (Chinese New Year). It has been the most popular snack for children in my family for years. Similar cookies include Chinese walnut cookie and butter cookie.

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The original recipe is published 4 years ago but I changed the recipe a lot in this year’s new version. In order to make the cookies much crispier, I use almond flour in the dough. Please note, since we add almond flour and relatively a smaller amount of liquid in the dough, there will be cracks on the surface. Cracks indicate the successfully produced crisp texture. If you want to eliminate the cracks on the surface, use less flour and make the dough softer.

New Year Almond Cookie| chinasichuanfood.com

Almond flour not only brings the cookie a aroma of almond, but also changes the texture.

New Year Almond Cookie|ChinaSichuanFood.com

Cream butter with egg yolk, sugar and almond extract  in a large mixing bowl and then sift salt, cake flour, almond flour and baking soda. Combine all the ingredients together and then knead into a dough. Cover with plastic wrapper and refrigerate for 1 hour (optional in winter).

New Year Almond Cookie|ChinaSichuanFood.com

New Year Almond Cookie|ChinaSichuanFood.com

Preheat the oven to 170 degree C. Divide the dough into 16 similar pieces and then shape each one into a round ball. Slightly flat with fingers (or if you prefer a cuter pattern, you can use forks). Then decorate whole almond in the center. Optionally, brush the egg wash.

New Year Almond Cookie|ChinaSichuanFood.com

New Year Almond Cookie|ChinaSichuanFood.com

Bake for 18 to 20 minutes and then let the cookies stay in the oven for another 10 minutes.

New Year Almond Cookie| chinasichuanfood.com

Transfer to cooling rack until completely cooled. Then package with air-tight container.

New Year Almond Cookie|ChinaSichuanFood.com

New Year Almond Cookie|ChinaSichuanFood.com

Chinese Almond Cookie

Chinese Almond Cookie with almond flour
5 from 14 votes
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Course: Dessert
Cuisine: Chinese
Keyword: Almond, Cookie
Prep Time: 40 minutes
Cook Time: 30 minutes
Total Time: 1 hour 10 minutes
Servings: 16 Making 16 cookies
Calories: 120kcal
Author: Elaine

Ingredients

  • 115 g butter ,softened in room temperature
  • 1 egg yolk
  • 1/4 tsp. almond extract
  • 120 g cake flour
  • 60 g almond flour
  • 1 small pinch of salt
  • 35 g to 40g sugar
  • 1/2 tsp. baking soda
  • 16 whole almonds for decoration

egg wash

  • 1 tbsp. egg liquid + 1 tbsp. water

Instructions

  • Cream butter with egg yolk, sugar and almond extract  in a large mixing bowl and then sift salt, cake flour, almond flour and baking soda.
  • Combine all the ingredients together and then knead into a dough. Cover with plastic wrapper and refrigerate for 1 hour (optional in winter).
  • Pre-heat oven to 170 degree C.
  • Divide the dough into 16 similar pieces and then shape each one into a round ball. Slightly flat with fingers (or if you prefer a cuter pattern, you can use forks). Then decorate whole almond in the center. Optionally, brush the egg wash.
  • Bake for 18 to 20 minutes and then let the cookies stay in the oven for another 10 minutes. Transfer to cooling rack until completely cooled. Then package with air-tight container.

Notes

The recipe is firstly published in 2014 and re-publish with new recipe and photo in 2018.
 
The Nutrition Facts is based on each single cookie.

Nutrition

Calories: 120kcal | Carbohydrates: 8g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 8g | Saturated Fat: 4g | Cholesterol: 31mg | Sodium: 95mg | Potassium: 15mg | Sugar: 2g | Vitamin A: 200IU | Calcium: 15mg | Iron: 0.3mg

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78 Comments

    1. Hi Dariela,
      I am living in China, thus cannot know the exact size of egg on your side. There are smaller, middle and really large eggs vary from 40g-60g. I should have make the statement clear. Thanks for your feedback.

    1. Use All Purpose flour (plain) mixed with corn flour to a ratio of 3:1 (Nigella Lawson suggests) or take out 2 tablespoons from the cup of flour and replace with corn flour.

  1. Do you have to use cake flour or can you use all purpose flour and do you have the exact measurement for the vanilla or almond extract? Thank you!!!

  2. Do you have to use cake flour or can you use all purpose flour and Is there an exact measurement for the vanilla/almond extract? Thank you!!!

    1. Hi Lissa,
      Yes, cake flour is highly recommended but you can use all purpose flour as a substitute. I usually use 1/4 teaspoon extract.

  3. Rebondir

    J’ai vu que vous avez la recette des cookies aux amandes mais celui que je recherche c.est celui

    Des allons cookies macau. Est ce que vous croyez que je peux utiliser votre recette pour en faire

    Est ce que vous pourrez me dire où je pourrais trouver cette recette. J’adore ces biscuits la
    Merci
    Daniele

  4. Hi, im doing a food project for my Chinese class and I have to write the recipe in Chinese could possibly translate it into Chinese simplified characters with pinying if you don’t mind thanks.

    1. Sure, caster sugar can be a good substitute. Brown sugar works fine too. The reason why I use sugar powder is because it cooperate better with a denser dough.

  5. Hi Elaine, thank you for the recipe.
    I tried to make it, but it was so dry that it was still completely powder after I added all the ingredients. Are you sure that the amounts of flour and almond flour are correct? Other recipes online use about half of this amount of flour for a similar amount of butter.

    1. Mariko,
      Sorry, I have halved the ingredients during this batch and made a wrong calculation. I have already updated the recipe with the correct ingredient.