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Almond Shorts
Author/Submitted by:
Servings: 168
Categories:
Cookies
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Desserts
Ingredients: 1
cup
Sugar 1
cup
Sugar,
brown
1
teaspoon
Baking soda 1
teaspoon
Vinegar 1
teaspoon
Vanilla extract 3
Eggs 1
pound
Butter 6
cups
Flour 2/3
cup
Almonds,
slivered
Directions:
Combine sugars, baking soda, vinegar, and vanilla. Stir in eggs. Cut butter into small pieces and work into mixture. Add flour, a cup at a time, and mix well. Knead in almonds. Gather dough into ball and divide into five equal pieces. Roll each piece into a cylinder. If you wish, roll each cylinder in colored sugar. Wrap in wax paper and refrigerate overnight.
Preheat oven to 350. Cut each log into 1/4" slices. Bake on ungreased cookie sheet for 8 minutes. "This recipe is a tradition in my husband's Swedish family. It makes enough cookies to feed the Swedish Army."
Recipe by Sandra Silfven, Detroin News food editor. Source: _Gifts from the Christmas Kitchen_, sent by BEE to Sylvia Steiger (THE.STEIGERS on GEnie, 71511,2253 on CI$) for the November 1992 cookbook swap
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