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      Title: Almond Cookies #3
 Categories: Cookies
      Yield: 1 servings
 
      4 c  Flour
      2 c  Sugar
      1 ts Baking powder
      1 ts Salt
  1 1/2 c  Shortening
      1    Egg; well beaten
      2 ts Water
      1 ts Almond extract
    3/4 c  Almonds, blanched; whole
           Red food coloring
 
  Recipe by: Shirley Fitzpatrick - Gourmet Cooking Class Preparation Time:
  0:15
     Sift dry ingredients, cut in shortening as for pie dough. Combine egg,
  water and extract.  Add to dry ingredients. If dough is too crumbly, add a
  little more water. Divide into small balls. Flatten each ball to 1/4"
  thick.   Press whole almond in center of half of the cookies. Dilute 2
  drops of red coloring with 2 drops of water. Dip the end of the chopstick
  into the coloring and press into the center of the other half of the
  cookies. Bake at 350 degrees for 15 - 20 minutes. These should be cream
  colored when done -- not browned.
 
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