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Chewy Almond Cookie Ingredients:

• 1½ Cups (225g) of Sifted Plain Flour
• 1 Cup (230g) of Firmly Packed Soft Brown Sugar
• ½ Cup of Slivered Almonds
• ¼ Cup (60g) of Softened Butter
• 1 Egg
• ¼ Teaspoon of Vanilla Extract
• ¼ Teaspoon of Almond Essence
• ¼ Teaspoon of Ground Cinnamon
• ¼ Teaspoon of Bicarbonate of Soda

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Method:

1. In a large mixing bowl add the softened butter and soft brown sugar and beat until mixture becomes crumbly
2. Add the egg, the vanilla extract and the almond essence and mix well
3. In another mixing bowl combine the sifted plain flour, the bicarbonate of soda and the ground cinnamon
4. Once combined gradually add the flour ingredients mixture to the crumble mixture and mix well
5. Divide dough into two halves and shape each half into 15cm (6¼”) logs
6. Wrap each dough log in plastic wrap and pop into the refrigerator to refrigerate overnight
7. Preheat oven to 1800C
8. Once dough has refrigerated overnight take it out of the refrigerator and remove the plastic wrap
9. Cut the dough logs crossways into 1cm (½”) thick slices
10. Place slices 5cm (2”) apart on greased baking trays
11. Sprinkle slices with almond slivers
12. Transfer loaded baking trays to preheated oven and bake at 1800C for 7 – 10 minutes or until lightly browned
13. Once cooked remove the chewy almond cookies from the oven and let stand for 2 -3 minutes to cool before transferring cookies to wire racks to cool completely
14. When completely cooled transfer chewy almond cookies to an airtight container to await consumption

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Yield: These portions will yield around 4 dozen chewy almond cookies

Serving:

These chewy almond cookies are a great healthy anytime snack perfect for the lunch box or as energy-packed coffee break treats. They are brilliant to have in the car as travel snacks to help combat road fatigue and road hypnosis and the carnage they create.