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Almond Sables

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Ingredients:

  • 1 c Blanched almonds
  • 1/2 c Sugar
  • 1/2 lb Soft unsalted butter
  • 1/4 ts Salt
  • 1 Egg yolk
  • 1 ts Vanilla extract
  • 2 c All purpose bleached flour

Directions:

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. Posted to recipelu-digest Volume 01 Number 381 by RecipeLu <recipelu@geocities.com> on Dec 16, 1997