Gluten Free Chinese Almond Cookies

I’ve made this recipe a few times.  I’ve added almond flour, coconut oil, etc but this is the basic recipe that gets devoured.  The end result is a cookie that is crunchy and melts in your mouth.  Just what I was looking for to enjoy with a cup of coffee in the afternoon.  I’ve even made “mini-cookies” for our afternoon tea party with the girls and their dollies.  The smaller the dough balls reduces the baking time (obviously) but it was fun to have doll-sized cookies for our tea party today.

My Love swears these are not Chinese Almond Cookies as I didn’t include almond flour in the final version.  Although technically, I didn’t use a little almond flour in a blend…but certainly not the amount I had put in the other batches.  And while e the other batches were tasty, this one met with picky-kid approval.  They are thinner than the Chinese almond cookies I remember too but they taste the same.  I’ve been vacillating on the title for this post but meh…..it’s on the photo.  Ah well.  

Enjoy!

Gluten Free Chinese Almond Cookies

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Serves	12-18 cookies
Cook time	9 minutes
Kate Chan	Kate Chan

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup butter or coconut oil
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1 teaspoon almond extract
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup gluten free flour mix
• 1 egg, slightly beaten
• 1/3 cup sliced almonds

Directions

Step 1		Cream together butter, sugar and almond extract.
Step 2		Add baking soda, salt, flour and egg. (Reserve sliced almonds). Mix well.
Step 3		Scrap dough into a ball, cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate until well chilled (one hour or overnight).
Step 4		Preheat oven to 300F.
Step 5		Shape dough balls with a teaspoon. Set on parchment paper at least 2 inches apart. (The butter based cookies will spread a little further apart than the coconut oil ones.)
Step 6		Pressed a couple sliced almonds into the top of each ball. There is no need to mash the ball down - it will do so on its own while baking.
Step 7		Bake for 9-12 minutes or until the edges are golden brown.
Step 8		Remove from oven and cool. Cookies will be crispy and melt in your mouth when cool.