Almond puff
6 servings
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| ½ | cup | Butter (or margarine), softened |
| 1 | cup | Gold Medal flour |
| 2 | tablespoons | Water |
| ½ | cup | Butter (or margarine) |
| 1 | cup | Water |
| 1 | teaspoon | Almond extract |
| 1 | cup | Gold Medal flour |
| 3 | Eggs | |
Directions
Chopped nuts Confectioners' Sugar Glaze (below) Heat oven to 350. Cut ½ C. butter into 1 C. flour. Sprinkle 2 tbsp.
water over mixture; mix with fork. Round into ball; divide in half.
On ungreased baking sheet, pat each half into a strip, 12 by 3 inches. Strips should be about 3 inches apart.
In medium saucepan, heat ½ C. butter & 1 C. water to rolling boil.
Remove from heat & quickly stir in almond extract & 1 C. flour. Stir vigorously over low heat until mixture forms a ball, about 1 minute.
Remove from heat. Beat in eggs, all at one time, until smooth. Divide in half; spread each half evenly over strips, covering completely.
Bake about 60 minutes or until topping is crisp & brown. Cool. Frost with Confectioners' Sugar Glaze & sprinkle generously with nuts. 10 to 12 servings
CONFECTIONERS' SUGAR GLAZE
Mix 1½ C. confectioners' sugar, 2 tbsp. butter,(softened), 1 to 1 ½ tsp. almond extract or 1 ½ tsp. Vanilla & 1 to 2 tbsp. warm water until smooth.
**** And that is it.. **** Enjoy it!! V.O.