Chinese Walnut Cookies (核桃酥)
Chinese New Year is approaching, food bloggers here are busy baking CNY cookies. I have baked pineapple tarts, almond cookies, peanut cookies. How about you? Since there is still one week away, I'd like to bake one more type of CNY cookies. Read a few posts about Chinese Walnut Cookies (核桃酥) recently. Some recipes add alkaline water, some add shortening, some use vegetable oil, some use butter. Despite the difference in recipes, I notice there is one thing in common: food bloggers are trying to create the traditional taste of walnut cookies from their hometown, from their childhood memories. In my hometown, Chinese walnut cookies are crunchy and full of walnut fragrance. There is no butter in it, but for sure there are walnuts. They are so delicious that I have always been tempted to buy them whenever I see similar ones at bakery shops here. How...