Ingredients

• 2 3/4 cups - refined flour
• 1 cup - sugar
• 1/2 tsp - each of salt and baking soda
• 1 cup - softened butter
• 1 - lightly beaten egg
• 1 tsp - almond essence
• A few whole almonds

How to Make Almond Cookies

• Pound the sugar finely. Sift the flour, sugar, salt and soda together thrice. Rub in butter nicely.
• Then mix in the essence and egg. Knead the dough to a smooth mixture.
• Shape into small rounds and flat balls and keep on a cookie sheet 2" apart from one another.
• Place an almond on top of each cookie and press down lightly.
• Bake in a slow oven at 325 degree F for 20 mins.