Almond cookies

2 egg yolks 
227g butter 
170g castor sugar 
340g plain flour 
57g cornflour 
85g ground almonds
1 tsp vanilla essence 
1/3 tsp baking powder 

!) Cream butter and sugar till sugar is melted. 
2) Add egg yolks and ground almonds(or ground cashew nuts)-stirring all the time. 
3) Add flour and cornflour in which had been added the baking powder.Finally add essence. 
4) Roll the dough out into a flat surface and shaped using cookie cutter of your choice. 
5) Brush top of cookies with egg white and press some sliced almond or half an almond(replaced with half cashewnut if used) 
6) Bake in pre-heated oven at 175 degrees C for about 15 minutes.


by Jam