杏仁饼干

从私房取经已久，终于下定决心出来冒个泡。跟各位大虾相比，我还是个半出茅庐的小学生，这次也是第一次在文学城写博贴图。还请各位大侠多多指正。

以前从没有make cookie from scratch - 曾经买过超市里那种cookie dough，烤一下就可以吃。可是美国人超市里卖的现成的baking stuff基本上是甜得不能入口的。有一次同事女儿生日tea party上，尝了同事妈妈home made的almond cookie，微甜的口味带出浓浓的butter香，非常喜欢。问她讨来了recipe一看，好像不是很复杂。而且家里也有现成的原料，所以就试做了一下。没想到居然迷上了。

先看一看成品：
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Ingredients:

All-purpose flour, 2 cups

Crushed almond, 2 cups (I used one cup and half)

Sweeten butter, 8 ozs (2 sticks. I used unsalted butter though)

Sugar (white), 1/2 cup

Vanilla extract, 1 teaspoon

 

Steps: 

1. Put butter out overnight to soften. 

2. Mix well and make a smooth dough out of all of the above ingredients. 

3. Form them into small balls. 

4. Lay them on a cookie sheet. 

5. Bake at preheated 350 degree oven on top shelf for 15 minutes. 

6. Turn off oven and then let them stay in for another 15 minutes. 

 

YY's tips:

- If you forget to put butter in room temperature ahead of time, put the butter sticks into a Ziplock (or, a better option, use 可爱可保鲜袋) and soak in warm water - this would shorten the time for softening butter to about 30 minutes.
- For variation, you can add 2~4 table spoon cocoa powder or green tea powder.

- You can just use your hands to mix the ingredients into a dough.

- I used an ice-cream scoop (smallest size, bought from Williams-Sonoma) to make the balls, which makes the cookie look prettier.

Cookie and a cup of English breakfast tea - what a life!