This recipe for sweet little almond cookies came via my teeny tiny role in the Chinese New Year dinner extravaganza we just had. Chinese New Year is officially February 8 this year, but in order to celebrate properly we did it a couple of days early this year. A Chinese New Year feast is definitely now one of my favorite ways to spend a Saturday night, especially when someone else is doing 99% of the cooking (more on that later) and all I am responsible for is bringing easy little almond cookies and my appetite. And while I highly recommend these for your own Chinese New Year festivities, they are also an extremely swell variation on the classic sugar cookie. Let's make them!