Almond Cookies

Ingredients

• 80 g candied cherries
• 100 g cold butter
• 80 g cane sugar
• 1 pinch salt
• 1 egg
• 225 g flour
• 1 tsp Baking powder
• 0.25 tsp cinnamon and clove powder (each)
• 0.25 tsp Ginger powder
• 80 g chopped almond kernels
• 1 egg yolk
• 25 candied cherries
• 40 g flaked almonds

Instructions

1. 1.

   Chop the cherries, then knead with butter, cane sugar, salt, egg, flour, baking powder, spices and almonds into a dough. Shape into a roll about 4 cm thick, wrap in foil and refrigerate for 1 hour.

2. 2.

   Cut the roll into slices about 5 mm thick and place on a parchment-lined baking sheet. Beat the egg yolk and brush it over the cookies. Halve the candied cherries and top each cookie with one cherry half and flaked almonds. Bake in a preheated oven at 180°C (350°F) for about 12 minutes.