Pork Floss Cookie

An interesting recipe that  I've bookmarked  from a good friend of mine , Chai Leng from gcl.dunster.nl . This recipe calls for meat floss & just the other day ,I 've made some pork floss adapted from No-Frills Recipes  .  The cookies turned out to be chewy, sweet &  savoury . This is a great treat for Chinese New Year or snacks .  YUM !

Submitting this post to Bake Along event organized by  Joyce of Kitchen Flavours together with  Lena of Frozen Wings &  Zoe from Bake For Happy Kids . This month’s theme is  Chinese New Year Cookies

Pork Floss Cookie

Adapted from Gcl.dunster.nl

Pork floss recipe adapted from No-Frills Recipes

Ingredients:

100g butter (room temperature)

75g icing sugar

1 egg yolk

1 tsp vanilla essence

2 tbsp milk (or more)

200g flour

½ tsp baking soda

30g ground almond

80g pork floss (recipe HERE)

1 egg white (lightly beaten for glazing)

Sesame seeds ( topping)

Directions:

1)      Preheat oven to 175°C . Line baking pan with baking paper . 

2)      Sift flour & baking soda , set aside .

3)      Cream butter & sugar till light (fluffy) in a mixing bowl .

4)      Gradually add in egg yolk, milk & vanilla essence . Mix till well combined .

5)      Stir in flour , ground almond & meat floss . Mix till form a soft dough . ( If the dough is too dry , add in another 1 tbsp milk or add in flour if dough is too wet ) .

6)      Pinch some dough & shape into round ball , each dough ball weight about 15g . Place them on baking tray . Flatten slightly using your palm & with a fork ,shape the side of each ball as shown in the picture below .  

7)      Brush egg white over the cookies & sprinkle some sesame seeds . Bake for 20 – 25 minutes till golden brown .  Cool on wire rack & keep in an airtight containers .