Almond shortcake
2 pans
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| ¾ | cup | Butter |
| 1 | cup | Sugar |
| 4 | tablespoons | Almond paste |
| 1 | Egg, beaten | |
| ½ | teaspoon | Almond extract |
| 2 | cups | Flour |
| 1 | teaspoon | Baking powder |
| ½ | teaspoon | Salt |
| 10 | Almonds, whole, blanched | |
Directions
Preheat oven to 325. Cream butter, sugar and almond paste well. Add ½ of beaten egg and almond extract. Add dry ingredients and knead briefly. Lightly grease 2 8" round cake pans or pie plates. Press mixture into pans; score edges with a fork. Brush with remaining egg and arrange almonds in centre. Bake at 325 for 15 min or until lightly browned. Source: Meda Osborne Typed by: Sharon Verrall Submitted By SHARON VERRALL On 12-27-94