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