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Chinese Almond Cookies

Servings 48 cookies
Author Lavina Harper

Ingredients

  • 3 cups flour
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • 1 cup fat
  • 1 egg
  • 2 tsp almond extract

Instructions

  1. Cut fat into dry ingredients.

  2. Add egg and almond extract.

  3. Form into balls and place on ungreased cookie sheet.

  4. Gently flatten balls to about size of a quarter.

  5. Place an almond on each.

  6. If almonds not available, color center with red food color with a dime sized cork that has a cross on it.

  7. Bake 350 degrees for 10-15 minutes.

  8. Should not be brown.