Chinese Almond Cookies (杏仁酥) 🧧

Happy Lunar New Year!! 新年快乐. 2025 is the year of the wood snake.🐍
These traditional cookies represent coins, and they’re supposed to bring you good fortune and prosperity. Based on the number of cookies I ate, I should be a millionaire this year! 🤣
I was really impressed with this recipe. The cookies have the perfect texture: a little crispy on the outside and slightly chewy near the middle. And they have a wonderful almond flavor!
This recipe is modified from Table For Two and from Pichet Ong’s book “The Sweet Spot”
Chinese Almond Cookies (杏仁酥) 🧧
Happy Lunar New Year!! 新年快乐. 2025 is the year of the wood snake.🐍
These traditional cookies represent coins, and they’re supposed to bring you good fortune and prosperity. Based on the number of cookies I ate, I should be a millionaire this year! 🤣
I was really impressed with this recipe. The cookies have the perfect texture: a little crispy on the outside and slightly chewy near the middle. And they have a wonderful almond flavor!
This recipe is modified from Table For Two and from Pichet Ong’s book “The Sweet Spot”
Steps
- 1
Gather the ingredients. Allow the egg and butter to reach room temperature.
Combine the all-purpose flour, sugar, and baking soda in a bowl and set aside until later. - 2
In the bowl of a stand mixer, add the butter, almond flour, and salt. Use the paddle attachment to cream these ingredients at medium speed for about 3 minutes.
You can also use a hand mixer for this step. - 3
Since I halved the original recipe, I also used only half of one large egg. I cracked the egg into a small bowl, whisked it thoroughly, then measured the volume of the whisked egg using my measuring spoons. The total volume was about 4 Tablespoons of liquid. So, I transferred 2 Tablespoons to the dough and reserved the other 2 Tablespoons for brushing on top of the cookies for later.
Mix the egg into the dough at medium speed until just incorporated.
- 4
Scrape the bowl with a spatula. Add the dry ingredients and mix on low speed until just combined.
- 5
The dough will be fairly crumbly at this point. Use a spatula to scrape the bowl again and to finish mixing any dry pieces into the dough.
- 6
Transfer the dough onto a large sheet of plastic wrap and press it gently into a rectangle that is approximately 5 inches by 6 inches. Wrap the dough well and place it into the fridge to chill for at least 1 hour. Longer chilling is totally fine.
- 7
Line baking sheets with parchment paper. Preheat the oven to 325°F (163°C).
- 8
Cut the dough into approximately 30 balls. They'll be about 1 inch in diameter. I weighed mine to be more accurate and each weighed about 14 grams.
- 9
Place the dough balls onto the prepared sheets.
- 10
Use the heel of your hand to gently press the balls flat. You don't want to make them too thin. A little thicker than 1/4” (6 mm) is good.
- 11
Place a sliced almond on top of each cookie.
- 12
Brush the reserved egg on top of each cookie.
- 13
Bake the cookies for 13 to 16 minutes or until the cookies start to turn golden.
- 14
Let the cookies cool on the cookie sheets for about 5 minutes, then transfer them to wire racks to cool.
- 15
Store the cookies in an airtight container for up to 2 weeks.
NOTE: If you prefer to skip the fussiness of measuring out half an egg, you can simply use 1 whole egg in the dough. The dough may be a little more moist, but the cookies will still work.
Alternatively, simply double all the ingredients! You'll use one egg and make 60 cookies instead of 30.
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