Almond Tea Cookies

These easy to make and delicious cookies taste amazing with a cup of tea or milk.

Yields:	36 cookies
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	Preparation	15 minutes
	Cooking	10 minutes
	Ready In	215 minutes

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Ingredients

1	cup	vegetable shortening	butter flavor
2	tablespoons	milk
1	teaspoon	almond extract
1/2	cups	sugar
1 2/3	cups	flour, all-purpose
2/3	cups	almonds	slivered, chopped
1/4	teaspoons	salt
1	x	powdered sugar

Directions

Preparation Time: 15 Minutes Bake Time: 10 to 12 Minutes 1. Heat oven to 350 F.

2. Cream Butter Flavor Crisco, milk and almond extract in large bowl at medium speed of electric mixer until well blended. Beat in granulated sugar.

3. Combine flour, almonds and salt. Mix into creamed mixture. Shape dough into balls using one level measuring tablespoon for each. Place 2 inches apart on ungreased baking sheet.

4. Bake at 350 for 10 to 12 minutes. ( Cookies will not brown. DO NOT overbake. ) Remove to cooling rack.

5. Roll slightly warm cookies in confectioners sugar. Roll in confectioners sugar again when cookies are completely cool.

Makes 3 dozen cookies.

Source: Butter Flavor Crisco Cookie Collection, page 9.

Shared by: David Knight

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I was born in New Mexico and lived there until I was 16 and this exactly how they were made except my grandmother made her sauce from dried red chiles.