China: Almond Cookies

The Dish: Almond cookies
The Country: China is the world's most populous country (with over 1.3 billion people!!). It is the second largest in terms of land area.

goo balls

Ingredients:

• 2 cups flour
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/8 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup butter
• 3/4 cup white sugar
• 1 egg
• 2 1/2 teaspoons almond extract
• 1/4 pound whole, blanched almonds (one for each cookie)

Procedure:
Preheat oven to 325°
Sift dry ingredients (not including almonds)
Mix in wet ingredients
Space small balls of dough about 1/2 inch apart on a greased cookie sheet
Place almonds on top of cookies
Bake for 17 minutes

giant fluffy cookies

Notes: They weren't "WOW" cookies, but they were nice and fluffy.
Rating: 2