Almond London Cookies

What can I say except Almond London cookie is well-known cookie amongst Malaysians. No matter what celebration we are in.....Chinese New Year, Hari Raya or Dewali, there sure is Almond London cookies somewhere in one of those cookie jars. I don't think anyone know how the name Almond London/London Almond come about and who invented it!

Ingredients:

• 125g butter, softened
• 75g icing sugar, sifted
• 1 egg yolk
• 225g plain flour, sifted
• 150g ground almond
• 1 tsp almond essence
• 350g dark chocolate

Method:

Preheat oven to 170ºC/150ºC for fan assist oven.

Using electric whisk, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy.

Beat egg yolk and almond essence into batter until light pale yellow.

Add in sifted flour, fold into a dough. If too wet, may add in a bit more four.

Pinch marble-size dough and roll into balls. Line balls of dough onto baking paper on baking tray.

Bake for 20-25 minutes. Place baked cookies on tray to cool.

While cooling the cookies, line paper cups and melt dark chocolate in microwave or double boiler. Divide each sessions to 30 seconds so that you won't burn the chocolate. I did about 2-3 sessions to melt the dark chocolate.

Take several cooled cookies and place them in the melted chocolate. Coat them well with chocolate and place into a small sized cupcake paper. While the chocolate is still not set, sprinkle some almond nibs on top. Let the chocolate fully set before serving.