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1991 2Nd Place: Oma's Almond Cookies

A home-style 1991 2Nd Place: Oma's Almond Cookies made with Butter, Sugar, Eggs, Lemon Juice, and All Purpose Flour. Serves 120. Save it, add the ingredients to your shopping list, and cook it tonight.

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Ingredients

• 2 cup
• 2 cup
• 2
• 1
• 4 cup
• 1 tsp
• 1 pinch
• 1/2 lb

Method (preview)

1. 1

   Cream butter and sugar in large mixer bowl of electric mixer.

2. 2

   Beat in eggs, one at a time.

3. 3

   Beat in lemon rind and juice.

4. 4

   Mix flour, baking powder and salt.

5. 5

   Stir flour mixture and ground almonds into butter mixture to make a soft dough.

6. 6

   Divide dough into quarters.

7. 7

   Refrigerate dough, wrapped in wax paper, until firm, at least 8 hours or overnight.

8. 8

   Heat oven to 350 degrees. Have ungreased baking sheets ready.

9. 9

   Roll out one dough portion on lightly floured pastry cloth with a rolling pin covered with stocking or roll between sheets of lightly floured wax paper to 1/8 -inch thickness.

10. 10

    Cut out with cookie cutters.

11. 11

    Return dough to refrigerator if it gets too soft.

12. 12

    Transfer to baking sheets, leaving 2 inches between each cookie.

13. 13

    Sprinkle with colored sugar if desired.

14. 14

    Bake until very light brown at edges, 8 to 10 minutes. Transfer to wire racks to cool. Store in a covered tin.