Cashew Almond Cookies (Kid Friendly)

These cashew almond cookies are dense, with a melt-in-mouth texture! Celebrate Chinese New Year with these healthier and less sweet cookies, made with natural cashew nut butter.

As Chinese New Year is coming soon, I was thinking of baking some new cookies for the kids. I will usually try to make healthier version of CNY goodies for them, with lesser sugar or healthier ingredients.

For this year, I am trying out these cashew almond cookies, which are made using cashew nut butter and ground almond as the main ingredients!

Making Healthy Cashew Almond Cookies For Chinese New Year

These cashew cookies are super easy and quick to make!

Just mix together the oil and natural cashew nut butter  (or peanut butter), and fold to combine with the dry ingredients. I’m using Fix & Fogg’s unsweetened natural cashew nut butter.

Once you have made the dough, you can portion it out, and roll into balls. Placed the balls of dough onto lined baking tray, egg wash and bake at 150C. It’s that simple!

What Ingredients Do I Need for These Cashew Almond Cookies?

You will just need these 5 ingredients:

• Cake or Top Flour: We will be sifting the flour and icing sugar together.
• Icing Sugar
• Oil: Any type of neutral tasting oil will do. I am using rice bran oil.
• Unsweetened Natural Cashew Nut Butter: If you do not have cashew nut butter, you can also use unsweetened natural peanut butter.
• Ground Almond

Other than these main ingredients, you will also need 1 egg yolk + 1 tsp of milk for egg wash.

>> MORE CHINESE NEW YEAR RECIPES:

• Pineapple Tarts (Open)
• Salted Egg Yolk Cookies
• Almond Cookies
• Pandan Coconut Cookies
• Copycat Jenny Bakery Cookies

How Do These Cashew Cookies Taste Like?

These cashew almond cookies are a little on the dense side, but I really love the melt-in-mouth texture. The cookies are also mildly sweetened, so it’s great for kids, or as healthier snacks for adults this CNY!

How Can I Store These Cookies?

The cookies will keep well in airtight container in normal room temperature, up to 2 weeks. If you will be gifting the cookies, you can use food safe silica pack at the bottom of the container and seal the container lid with scotch tape, so that the cookies can last slightly longer.

Cashew Almond Cookies (Kid Friendly)

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• Author: Cherie
• Total Time: 45 minutes
• Yield: 15 Pcs x 10g 1x

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These cashew almond cookies are dense and have a melt-in-mouth texture! Celebrate this Chinese New Year with these healthier, less sweet cookies made with natural cashew nut butter.

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Ingredients

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Cashew Almond Cookies

• 50g cake or top flour
• 13g icing sugar
• 30g unsweetened natural cashew nut butter*
• 40g ground almond
• 16g oil

Egg Wash

• 1 Egg yolk
• 1 tsp milk

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Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 150C. Prepare baking tray by lining with baking paper.
2. Prepare egg wash by straining egg yolk and mix together with the milk. Set aside in the fridge.
3. Sift flour and icing sugar to mixing bowl. Add in ground almond and cashew nut butter.
4. Whisk till well combined.
5. Add in oil in 2 batches and mix till well incorporated. You will see coarse crumbs in the mixing bowl.
   
6. Using your hands, press the crumbs together to form into a dough. If the crumbs are too dry to form a dough, you may drizzle in a little oil (add 1/4 tsp at one time) to make the dough come together more easily.
   
7. Portion the dough into 10g each. Roll into balls and place onto prepared baking tray.
8. When all the dough are rolled into balls, egg wash the top surface of each ball carefully. Do not let the egg wash drip down, otherwise the bottom of the cookie may be burnt after baking.
9. Bake in preheated oven at 150C for about 20-22 mins. Cool cookies in baking tray first. When tray feels warm to touch, transfer cookies to cooling rack to cool completely. Store in airtight container.

Notes

You can also use unsweetened natural peanut butter if you do not have cashew nut butter.

To make it a dairy-free option, replace milk in egg wash with water.

• Prep Time: 25 Mins
• Cook Time: 20 Mins
• Category: Cookies
• Method: Mixing

Keywords: Cookies

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