Sugar cookie recipe, or pre-packaged mix
3 tsp. Chinese five-spice powder
½ c. butter softened
1 egg
½ c. sliced almonds
Process:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
In bowl, combine sugar cookie recipe and five-spice powder
until blended. Stir in egg and butter until soft dough forms. Fold in almonds.
Roll dough into balls and place on cookie sheet.
Bake 10-12 minutes until edges just turn brown.
It is a Chinese tradition to create the cookie as a
thumbprint cookie with an almond in the center.
Chinese five-spice is a mix of 5 ground spices used in
traditional Chinese cooking: cinnamon, clove, fennel seed, star anise, and
Szechuan peppercorns.
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