Cashewnut Cookies

Ingredients

227g butter
1/2 cup + 1tbsp icing sugar
2 cups plain flour
1 tsp baking powder
180g ground cashew nut
1 egg yolk
1 tsp vanilla extract
whole cashew nut to decorate (I broke the whole cashew nuts into halfs)

Method

1. Cream butter and sugar till light and fluffy. Add in egg yolk and vanilla extract and mix well.
2. Fold in flour, baking powder and ground cashew nut.
3. Chill the dough in the fridge for at least 30min before working with the dough. Roll the dough into thickness of about 0.5cm and cut shapes using cookie cutters.
4. Place a half cashew nut on each cookie and apply egg wash.
5. Bake in pre-heated oven of 175C for 15-20min.