Title: Almond Cookies #1
Categories: Cookie
Yield: 18 Servings

1 1/2 c All-purpose flour
1/4 lb Butter plus
3 tb Butter
1 c Sugar
1 pk Slivered almonds
Confectioner's sugar
1 Egg yolk for painting the
-dough

Mix flour, butter & sugar with electric beater until dough resembles grated
cheese. Finish mixing dough with hands until dough forms a compact ball.
Refrigerate 30 minutes. Roll dough out until it is 1/4-inch thick. With
sharp knife square the dough edges & cut the dough into 1-inch squares.
With pastry brush paint the dough with beated egg yolk. Place almonds on
each cookie & dush with confectiner's sugar. Place cookies on ungreased
cookie sheet & bake for 15 minutes at 350. Remove cookies while still hot.
Makes about 36 cookies.

MRS TERRANCE (ELBA M.) GALLAGHER

From the , Fort Bliss Officers Wives Club,
Ft. Bliss, TX. Downloaded from Glen's MM Recipe Archive,
http://www.erols.com/hosey.