Chinese New Year Walnut Cookies

I saw these recipes in rasa Malaysia and I decided to try out and it's turn out ok. I did change the ingredients. The original recipe use alkaline water but I decided not to. Anyway, if you want, use 1/2 tsp. The grounded walnut, can be purchase from organic shop but it's quite expensive or you can make you own. But a lot of work. Firstly, you need to soaked the walnut for 4 hours, then dehydrated before grinding into powder form. Yeah, before 1 forget, I used icing sugar instead of caster sugar, I find icing sugar softer the dough and when we eat it's melts in the mouth.

Chinese Walnut Cookies

Level                : Easy

Makes              : 55 pcs @ 10g each

Recipe from     : Rasa Malaysia

Preheat oven   : 150°C

Ingredients

(A)

200 g all-purpose flour

100 g grounded walnut powder

½ tsp. baking powder

½ tsp. salt

90 g icing sugar

(B)

10 g butter + 10 g vegetable shortening or 20g butter

(C)

150 g vegetable oil or corn oil

Walnut halves for garnishing

Egg wash – 1 egg yolk + 1 tsp. oil (optional) (I didn’t use)

 

Method

1.       Prepare mixer with flat beater. Put in ingredients (A). Mix till well combined at speed 2.

2.       Add (B) with the same speed till crumbs texture.

3.       Then add in oil and mix till form soft dough.

4.       Divide dough into10g each. Shape into a ball and top with the half walnut. Brush with egg wash. Repeat the same process till dough finish.

5.       Bake at 170°C for 25-30 minutes or till light brown. (Please use according to your oven instruction).

 Note: if you wish to save cost, reduce the walnut powder. As long the flour measure is equal to 300g.

Happy baking……

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