Categories: Cookies

Ingredients

• 1 cup sugar
• 1 1/3 cups shortening
• 1 egg
• 1 tsp. almond extract
• 3 cups flour
• 1 tsp. baking soda
• 1/2 tsp. salt
• 48 blanched whole almonds

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. Cream butter and shortening until fluffy. Add egg and almond extract; beat 1 minute.
3. Sift flour, baking soda and salt together; add to creamed mixture gradually, beating constantly. Roll dough into 1-inch balls; place 1-inch apart on greased baking sheet. Press center of each ball down gently; fill depression with 1 almond. Bake 20 minutes. Remove to wire

4. rack and cool.

5. makes about 4 dozen

6. Variation: Grind almonds until fine, then add them to the dough mixture with the egg, flavoring and salt. Then add flour, a small amount at a time. Blend thoroughly.

7. Drop from teaspoon onto greased baking sheet and bake at 375 degrees about 15 minutes.

8. makes 45 cookies.

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