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1991 2nd Place: Oma's Almond Cookies

1991 2nd Place: Oma's Almond Cookies comes together with Butter, Sugar, Eggs, Lemon, and All Purpose Flour. Ready in about 30 min, it serves 120. Add it to your meal plan and shop the whole list in one go.

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Ingredients

• 2 cup
• 2 cup
• 2
• 1
• 4 cup
• 1 tsp
• Pinch salt
• 1/2 lb

Method (preview)

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   Colored sugars for garnish,

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   Preparation time: 30 minutes Chilling time: 8 hours or overnight

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   Cooking time: 10 minutes

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

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   Beat in eggs, one at a time.

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   Beat in lemon rind and juice.

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   Mix flour, baking powder and salt.

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

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   Divide dough into quarters.

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

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

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    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.

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    Cut out with cookie cutters.

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    Return dough to refrigerator if it gets too soft.

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

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    Sprinkle with colored sugar if desired.

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

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    December 5, 1991