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Almond Sables Recipe
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To make almond sables you will need
Ingredients
| 5 1/4 | oz | Blanched almonds | | 3 1/2 | oz | Sugar | | 1/2 | pounds | Soft unsalted butter | | 1/4 | teaspoons | Salt | | 1 | | Egg yolk | | 1 | teaspoon | Vanilla extract | | 8 1/2 | oz | All purpose bleached flour |
Instructions
1. Combine almonds and sugar in food processor and pulse to grind finely.
Beat butter with sugar/almond mixture and salt until very light, about 5
minutes on medium speed.
2. Beat in yolk, then vanilla extract. Remove from mixer; sift over and
stir in flour. Divide dough in half and shape each into an 8-inch long
cylinder, forming it in a sheet of parchment paper. Chill until firm. Slice
cylinders of dough 1/4-inch thick and arrange on paper-lined pans. Bake at
325 degrees about 15 to 20 minutes.
Variations:
1. Moisten outside of log with egg white and roll in cinnamon sugar or
coarse sugar before slicing and baking.
2. Add 1/4 pound each rinsed and quartered candied cherries and chopped
nuts to dough before shaping cylinder.
Almond sables are a great traditional christmas treat.
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Mon 17 Mar 2008
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