This recipe is dedicated to my friend Hemali Shah.
I made it this sunday with my 3 yr old angel and had a great time making it from scratch.
My angel has all the traits for becoming a big chef one day and she has started really early.
So here goes...................
INGREDIENTS-
Butter, softened 1 cup
Icing sugar 1 cup
Egg 1 no
Almond powder 1 cup
Refined flour 1 cup
Baking powder 1 tsp
Chocolate chips or chopped 1/2 cup
METHOD-
* To make almond powder, take whole almonds and blitz in the food processor or in the mixer or grinder.
* Mix the baking powder into the flour and sift well.
* Preheat the oven to 180 C.
* In a bowl, cream the butter and sugar till light and fluffy.
* Add the egg and mix well.
* Fold in the flour mixture very softly just till it all comes together. Do not overwork the dough.
* Let it sit in the refrigerator for at least 10 minutes.
* Take it out and mix the chocolate in to the dough.
* Make into walnut sized balls and place them 1 inch apart on a baking tray lined with butter paper.
* Bake for 12-15 minutes.
* Let them cool on the tray for at least 5 mins and then remove them from the tray and cool.
* Store in an air-tight container. And enjoy the goodness of home-made cookies.
NOTE-
* You can also make the cookies without the almond. Just add the same amount of regular flour instead of the almond powder into the dough.
* You can also add any other flavor that you want into the recipe for a different batch of cookies.
* You can also make the dough and freeze it and use it as and when you need to bake them. It will stay in the freezer for at least 1-2 months if properly stored before the butter starts to get a rancid flavor.
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