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Nasi Lemak Cookies

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Ingredients
  

  • 140 g Unsalted Butter at room temperature
  • 30 g Icing Sugar
  • 30 g Ikan Bilis powder dry fry ikan bilis till crispy than grind into powder, sieve
  • 2 Tbsp Nasi lemak sambal bought or home made, increase if you like it spicier
  • 1 egg white
  • 125 g rice flour
  • 125 g Plain flour
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 2 Tbsp ikan bilis - fried dry fried or roasted to crispy
  • 2 Tbsp nuts - fried dry fried or roasted to crunchy
  • 1 egg yolk for egg wash

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 180C.
  • Cream the butter, chili paste and sugar until light and fluffy.
  • Add the egg white, and emulsify that.
  • Add the flours, ikan bilis powder and salt, until it comes to a dough. Do not overmix.
  • Stir in the nuts.
  • Shape them into 1/2 tablespoonful balls.
  • Egg wash with the egg yolk (add a few drops of water), and place an ikan bilis on top. Sprinkle coarsely ground salt over cookies if you like the rough texture like the ikan bilis with nasi lemak.
  • Leave the egg wash to dry.
  • Egg wash a second time.
  • Bake for 12 minutes on a high shelf.