Cashew Nut Cookies

Name: Cashew Nut Cookies
Yield: Makes 40 to 50 Cookies
Ingredients: 2 or 3 eggs, beaten; 140 g or 5 ounces cashew nuts, halved; 115 g or 4 ounces cornflour; 2 teaspoons vanilla essence; 310 g or 11 ounces flour; 3 egg yolks; 1½ tablespoons evaporated milk; 230 g or 8 ounces butter; 170 g or 6 ounces castor sugar

Preparation info

Makes
40 to 50
Cookies

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

Growing Up In A Nonya Kitchen

By Sharon Wee

Published 2012

About

The cookies my mother made required a special cutter that followed the kidney C-shape of each cashew nut. If you cannot find a similar cutter, you could use an oval or rectangular cutter, so long as it can accommodate the cashew half in the middle of each cookie.

Ingredients

230 g or 8 ounces butter
170 g or 6

Cookies
Baking
Vegetarian

Method

Mix the butter with castor sugar, egg yolks, evaporated milk and vanilla essence by hand.
Add the flour and cornflour, and knead into a ball of dough. Chill the dough in the refrigerator for a few hours. Thaw for 10 to 20 minutes before using.
Preheat oven to 150 degrees C