1

Sift together flour, icing sugar, salt and baking soda into a large bowl.

2

Stir ground and chopped almonds into flour mixture.

3

Using a spoon or your hands, stir in oil and vanilla until mixture forms a soft ball of dough.

4

Pinch off teaspoonfuls of dough and roll into small balls.

5

Place on baking sheet and flatted slightly.

6

Alternatively, to get a uniform shape, you can mould the dough in a bottle cap.

7

Line the cavity of a bottle cap with cling wrap and press dough into the cavity until it is level with the top of the cap.

8

Pull out the cling wrap to release the dough.

9

Place moulded cookie onto a baking tray.

10

Brush cookies with egg/ milk wash and bake at 170C for about 15 minutes until the cookie tops have dried out and the bottoms are golden brown.

Almond Cookies