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To make 120 almond cookies you will need
Ingredients
| 17 | oz | Butter, softened | | 14 | oz | Sugar | | 2 | | Eggs | | 1 | | Lemon, grated rind and juice | | 17 | oz | All-purpose flour | | 1 | teaspoon | Baking powder | | | Pinch salt | | 1/2 | pounds | ground almonds | | | Colored sugars for garnish, |
Instructions
Preparation time: 30 minutes Chilling time: 8 hours or overnight Cooking
time: 10 minutes
1. Cream butter and sugar in large mixer bowl of electric mixer. Beat in
eggs, one at a time. Beat in lemon rind and juice. Mix flour, baking powder
and salt. Stir flour mixture and ground almonds into butter mixture to make
a soft dough. Divide dough into quarters. Refrigerate dough, wrapped in wax
paper, until firm, at least 8 hours or overnight.
2. Heat oven to 350 degrees. Have ungreased baking sheets ready.
3. Roll out one dough portion to 1/8 -inch thickness. Cut out with cookie cutters. Return dough
to refrigerator if it gets too soft. Transfer to baking sheets, leaving 2
inches between each cookie. Sprinkle with colored sugar if desired.
4. Bake until very light brown at edges, 8 to 10 minutes. Transfer to wire
racks to cool. Store in a covered tin.
Enjoy your almond cookies with a nice cup of tea.
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