Melting Moments

Husband said I should bake some cookies instead of baking cakes; since his birthday is just three weeks away, I decided to try bake for him some almond cookies! This is my first trial of melting moments which I got the recipe from here. And as what it is being called, it melted in the mouth!! ^o^

Shapes are a little 'out' as I piped them instead of making round dough!

Ingredients

227g unsalted butter, room temperature
175g all-purpose flour
90g cornstarch (corn flour)
¼ tsp salt 35g icing sugar
1 – 1½ tsp almond essence
almond bits or flakes for decoration

Method

1. Sieves flour, cornstarch and salt together. Set aside.
2. Use electric mixer, cream the butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
3. Beat in the almond essence.
4. Add the flour mixture and beat until incorporated. Do not over mix.
5. Cover and refrigerate the dough for at least one hour or until dough is firm.
6. Floured your hands with all purpose flour and roll dough into small balls and place on a lined tray.
7. Flatten the dough slightly with a floured fork.
8. Decorate the dough by added some almond bits or flakes on top.
9. Bake at 190C for about 10 minutes or until the edges start to brown.
10. Cool and store in a airtight container.