ALMOND COOKIES-COOKING OF CHINA

1 c Lard or plain cutting

1/2 c Granulated sugarine

1/4 c Firmly packaged brownish-red sugarine

1 Egg

1 ts Almond remove

2 1/4 c All-purpose flour; unsifted

1/8 ts Salt

1 1/2 ts Baking powder

About 60 total pale -almonds 1 Egg yolk

2 tb Water

Recipe by: The Cooking of China In the vast bowl, thick cream lard as good as both sugars until fluffy. Add egg as good as almond extract; kick until good blended. Sift flour with salt as good as baking powder. Add to creamed mixture; brew well. To figure any cookie, hurl 1 tbsp of mix in to the ball. Place balls 2 inches detached upon ungreased baking sheets. Gently down upon any ball, creation the 2-inch round. Press an almond in core of any round. In the tiny bowl, kick egg yolk with water; brush reduction over tip of any cookie. Bake in the 350 oven for 10 to twelve mins or until easily browned. Transfer cookies to handle racks as good as let cold completely. Store in an indisputable container. Makes about 60 cookies. SESAME COOKIES: Follow directions for Almond Cookies, though surrogate about 1/4 crater sesame seeds for almonds. To figure any cookie, hurl the turn of mix in between your palms to have the 2-inch round. Brush egg yolk reduction upon a single side of any round, afterwards drop coated side in sesame seeds. Place cookies upon baking sheets seeded side up. —–