Copycat Famous Amos Cookies, CNY (Chinese New Year)
山寨版 Famous Amos 曲奇, 春节
My elder one has been pestering me for making Famous Amos cookies for some time. Whenever we pass by a Famous Amos outlet in a Shopping Mall, she would ask me to buy a pack of 200g-300g. The aroma of Famous Amos cookies is simply irresistible. “They are so crunchy and delicious! Can you make these cookies, mom?” Sure, I can. It’s just that these cookies are too sweet and she may eat them non-stop. I quietly dropped the idea of baking Famous Amos cookies. Yesterday, while doing spring cleaning in preparing for upcoming CNY (Chinese New Year), my daughters said they could not feel the atmosphere of CNY at all. I told them I would bake new year cookies this weekend, and that surely would make them feel the spirit of CNY. They cheered for it and simultaneously, they suggested Famous Amos cookies! Famous Amos as CNY cookies? I giggled with glee. Never thought of that... but why not? We had Chinese dumplings on Christmas eve, and now Famous Amos cookie...