Almond Cookies (杏仁饼)

It's always nice to bake some home-baked cookies whenever you have free time.  This recipe I'm sharing with you are easy to bake but DO NOT replace any of the ingredients especially the shortening.

(Recipe makes about 120 pieces of cookies.)
Ingredients:
300g Ground Almond
300g Plain Flour (Sieve)
100g Icing Sugar (Sieve)
1/2 tsp Salt
150g Shortening
Cookie Mould

• Preheat oven at 150 degree for 15 minutes.
• Spread ground almond on baking tray and bake for 25 minutes (mix eveyr 5 to 10 minutes to prevent over burning).  Leave to cool completely.
• Turn oven temperature to 180 degree.
• Put plain flour, icingsugar, cooled almond powder into mixer bowl and mix well with hand.
• Add in shortening and mix softly with hand using rubbing in method (do not press, just rub gently).  Grab a handful and press it to see if it holds (If don't, slowing add in 1 tbsp water to mix and try again.  Repeat method till mixture can hold).
• Grease 3 baking tin and dust some flour on the surface of the tin.
• Fill cookie mould with almond poweder mixture and press it till it's even on the surface and tight.  Knock out the biscuit and place it onto the tray.  (Don't need to leave big gap because cookies won't expand).
• Once the whole tray is filled with cookies, bae it for 15 to 20 minutes till light golden colour and remove it to cool.

This cookies melts in the mouth so it's very soft and fragile.  Handle it lightly when storing in air-tight jar.