{"id":8511,"date":"2018-12-20T13:47:50","date_gmt":"2018-12-20T18:47:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/?p=8511"},"modified":"2018-12-20T14:03:06","modified_gmt":"2018-12-20T19:03:06","slug":"international-holiday-cookies-china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/international-holiday-cookies-china","title":{"rendered":"International Holiday Cookies: China"},"content":{"rendered":"

Explorica\u00a0loves\u00a0<\/em>the holidays. And we\u2019re very happy to share them with you, with the help of some delicious holiday cookie recipes from around the world. Here\u2019s a tasty almond cookie recipe\u2014hailing all the way from China\u2014that you and your family will love.<\/p>\n

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China | A traditional crispy treat perfect for ringing in the New Year.<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

Ingredients
\n<\/span><\/strong>1\u2153 cups almond flour
\n<\/span>2 cups sugar
\n<\/span>Pinch kosher salt
\n<\/span>2 eggs
\n<\/span>1 tsp. almond extract
\n<\/span>1 3\/4 cups flour
\n<\/span>1 cup + 2 tbsp. sugar
\n<\/span>\u00bd tsp. baking soda
\n<\/span>Whole or thinly sliced almonds<\/span><\/p>\n

Instructions
\n<\/span><\/strong>1.\u00a0 <\/span>Place almond flour, salt, and butter into an electric mixer with a paddle attachment and beat on medium speed for three minutes. Mixture will become coarse and chunky looking.
\n<\/span>2. \u00a0 <\/span>Add one egg and almond extract. Mix on low speed until just incorporated.
\n<\/span>3.\u00a0 <\/span>Sift together flour, sugar, and baking soda then add to butter mixture at low speed. Mix until just combined.
\n<\/span>4. \u00a0 <\/span>Take dough and flatten into a disc and wrap in plastic wrap. Place it in the refrigerator for two hours to chill.
\n<\/span>5.\u00a0 <\/span>Preheat oven to 325\u00b0F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Beat other egg in new bowl.
\n<\/span>6.\u00a0 <\/span>Roll dough into balls about three-quarters-of-an-inch wide. Place on sheet one inch apart and then press down slightly with your palm to make a coin shape.
\n<\/span>7. Place almond onto each cookie and lightly press into place, then paint cookie surface with beaten egg using a pastry brush or your finger (this will give the cookie a lacquered appearance once it bakes).
\n<\/span>8.\u00a0 <\/span>Bake for 13-15 minutes or until the edges just begin to tan. Cool on sheet on a wire rack.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Explorica\u00a0loves\u00a0the holidays. And we\u2019re very happy to share them with you, with the help of some delicious holiday cookie recipes from around the world. Here\u2019s a tasty almond cookie recipe\u2014hailing all the way from China\u2014that you and your family will love. China | A traditional crispy treat perfect for ringing in the New Year. Ingredients Read More …<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8507,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,173,63,172],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8511","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-explorica-news","category-parents","category-students","category-teachers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8511","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8511"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8511\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8574,"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8511\/revisions\/8574"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8507"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8511"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8511"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8511"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}