Ingredients

3 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
1 tsp baking powder
¼ cups Cocoa powder
½ tsp Cinnamon powder
½ tsp Nutmeg powder
3/4 cups plus 2 Tbsp Castor sugar
1 tsp salt
4 Large Eggs (beaten)- save up a Tbsp of egg white, put aside.
½ cups Almonds

Directions

In a large mixing bowl, combine flour, baking powder, cocoa powder, cinnamon and nutmeg powder, sieved.

Dry roast the almonds with temperature 150C/300F until fragrant, removed and let cool.

Preheat oven to 200C/400F.

Add sugar and salt into the flours mixture, stir to combine.

Pour in beaten eggs and mix, meanwhile add in almonds and form dough.

Divide dough to 2 equal portions, roll into log shapes and transferred to a baking sheet lined with parchment paper. Flatten the dough to get 3 inches in width and ½ inch in height. Brush with the egg white.

Bake in the preheated oven for 20 minutes on the lower shelf.

Removed from oven and let cool for approximately 15 minutes. Lower oven temperature to 150C/300F

Use a serrated knife to cut into thin slices (1cm or less). Arranged the slices on baking sheet and bake for 20 minutes till dry and crisp.