Chinese Double Almond Cookies

• 3/4 cup almonds california, the brown california ones
• 1/4 cup Marcona almonds the white spanish ones
• 1 teaspoon olive oil
• 1/4 teaspoon salt if your almonds are seasoned you do not need this ingredient
• 1 1/2 cups butter softened
• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 3/4 cup white granulated sugar
• 2 whole eggs
• 1/2 teaspoon almond extract this is an optional ingredient
• 2 1/4 cups flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon salt

1. Preheat the oven to 350F.
2. In a medium frying pan, evenly coat both types of almonds with the smidgiest amount of olive oil. Pan roast the almonds for 5 minutes on medium-high heat or until the nuts darken but haven't burned. Keep the pan moving!
3. Salt and smash into small pieces.
4. In a large bowl, cream the sugars and butter together with a hand mixer for 5 minutes until pale and fluffy.
5. Add the eggs one at a time, beating thoroughly after each addition, and add the almond extract.
6. In a separate bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, and salt to remove any large lumps. Add the flour and crushed almonds to the butter mixture in small additions (not as I did, as evidenced by the above picture).
7. Line a cookie pan with parchment. Using a small cookie scoop, portion the cookies into 2 1/2 dozen cookies. Be careful, you may have to bake these in batches because the cookies do spread. In the center of each cookie, press a whole almond (go pretty deep) into the center. I like using a marcona almond because they're softer than the typical red almond, but the latter is more traditional. Bake for 15-20 minutes, or until the edges are golden and the tops look dry.
8. Also, don't let the dough settle too long between mixing and baking. If you wait too long (like me, I was taking pictures), the butter soaks up the flour and the cookie loses its crispiness.
9. Check out Chow Creations on the web for more recipes and tips!

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Taken from www.yummly.com/recipe/Chinese-Double-Almond-Cookies-1496225 (may not work)