Almond Cookies
Makes about 100 cookies
Ingredients
- 375 g self raising flour sifted
- 1½ tsp salt
- ½ tsp baking soda
- 145 g icing sugar sifted
- 200 g ground almond
- 200 g chopped almond toasted
- 180 g cooking oil
- 70 g ghee *
- ¾ tsp almond extract optional
Topping
- Whole almonds optional
Instructions
- Mix flour, salt, baking sodda, icing sugar and ground and chopped almond in a bowl.
- Add cooking oil and ghee to the dry ingredients.
- Mix thoroughly until everything is fully combined.
- Pinch off small portions of the dough.
- Roll each portion into a ball and arrange on a tray lined with baking paper.
- Place a whole almond on top of each ball and press gently.
- Bake at 170°C until golden brown, about 12 to 15 minutes.
- Remove cookies from tray and cool them on a cooling rack
Notes
* Instead of ghee, you could use cooking oil.