Yield: 168 servings
| Measure | Ingredient |
|---|---|
| 1 cup | Sugar |
| 1 cup | Sugar, brown |
| 1 teaspoon | Baking soda |
| 1 teaspoon | Vinegar |
| 1 teaspoon | Vanilla extract |
| 3 \N | Eggs |
| 1 pounds | Butter |
| 6 cups | Flour |
| ⅔ cup | Almonds, slivered |
Combine sugars, baking soda, vinegar, and vanilla. Stir in eggs. Cut butter into small pieces and work into mixture. Add flour, a cup at a time, and mix well. Knead in almonds. Gather dough into ball and divide into five equal pieces. Roll each piece into a cylinder. If you wish, roll each cylinder in colored sugar. Wrap in wax paper and refrigerate overnight.
Preheat oven to 350. Cut each log into ¼" slices. Bake on ungreased cookie sheet for 8 minutes. "This recipe is a tradition in my husband's Swedish family. It makes enough cookies to feed the Swedish Army."
Recipe by Sandra Silfven, Detroin News food editor. Source: _Gifts from the Christmas Kitchen_, sent by BEE to Sylvia Steiger (THE.STEIGERS on GEnie, 71511,2253 on CI$) for the November 1992 cookbook swap