Name: Almond Cookies (Dim Sum Variety)
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 20 min
Yield: 24
Ingredients: Red food coloring -; Vegetable shortening, plus - 1 cup; Vegetable shortening - 3 tablespoons; Sugar - 1 cup; Egg, beaten - 1; Almond extract - 1 teaspoon; All-purpose flour - 2 ½ cups; Baking soda - ½ teaspoon; Salt - ½ teaspoon

Ingredients for - Almond Cookies (Dim Sum Variety)

1. Red food coloring

2. Vegetable shortening, plus 1 cup

3. Vegetable shortening 3 tablespoons

4. Sugar 1 cup

5. Egg, beaten 1

6. Almond extract 1 teaspoon

7. All-purpose flour 2 ½ cups

8. Baking soda ½ teaspoon

9. Salt ½ teaspoon

How to cook deliciously - Almond Cookies (Dim Sum Variety)

1 . Stage

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Pour a few drops of red food coloring into a small bowl, and set aside.

2 . Stage

With an electric mixer, beat the shortening together with the sugar in a mixing bowl until creamy. Beat in the egg and almond extract.

3 . Stage

In another bowl, sift together the flour, baking soda, and salt. Stir the flour mixture into the sugar-shortening mixture, and mix well. Scoop up a scant tablespoon of dough with a spoon, and form into a walnut-sized ball. Place the ball onto an ungreased cookie sheet, and press the ball slightly with your thumb to create a flat spot on top (don't flatten the cookie). Dip the end of a bamboo chopstick into the red food coloring, and touch the center of each cookie to make a red dot.

4 . Stage

Bake in the preheated oven until slightly browned, 15 to 18 minutes. Cool on a rack.