Recipe for Almond Balls

My first CNY baking item was almond balls and many of my friends love it after they tried. ^^

I would say this is definitely much easier as compared to pineapple balls!

Recipe got from I COOK. I BAKE. I EAT. and I have amended it abit. :)

CNY Almond Balls

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Ingredients (50-60 balls)
100g Ground Almonds
150g Self-Raising Flour
100g Caster Sugar
 Pinch of Salt
110ml Rice Bran Oil (the original recipe was Corn oil)
1 egg yolk, beaten (for eggwash purpose)

Method
1) Preheat oven to 180 degree C.
2) Sift the flour. Add it in with caster sugar and salt into bowl of your stand mixer.
3) Add in ground almonds.
4) With your mixer on medium speed, slowly pour the oil into the bowl of mixture & mix until it forms a dough.
5) Roll the dough into ~2.5cm balls and place on a baking tray lined with baking paper. Repeat until all the dough is used up.
6) Using a pastry brush, lightly glaze the tops of the cookie balls with the beaten egg yolk.
7) Bake for 15-20 minutes, or until the cookies become slightly golden.
8) Leave to cool on a wire rack for 10mins.