*  Exported from  MasterCook  *

                              Almond Sandies

Recipe By     : Taste of Home, June/July, 1997
Serving Size  : 1    Preparation Time :0:00
Categories    : Cookies                          Desserts
                Taste Of Home

  Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
--------  ------------  --------------------------------
   1      cup           butter or margarine -- softened
   1      cup           sugar
   1      teaspoon      almond extract
   1 3/4  cups          all-purpose flour
     1/2  teaspoon      baking soda
     1/4  teaspoon      baking powder
     1/4  teaspoon      salt
     1/2  cup           slivered almonds

In a mixing bowl, cream butter and sugar.  Add extract; mix well. Combine
flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt; gradually add to creamed mixture.
 Fold in almonds.  Drop by rounded teaspoonfuls onto ungreased baking sheets.
Bake at 300 degrees for 22-24 minutes or until lightly browned.  Cool 1-2
minutes before removing to a wire rack.  Yield:  about 4 dozen.




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NOTES : "'Buttery, rich and delicious, Almond Sandies are my husband's
favorite cookie and very popular where ever I take them,' remarks Joyce
Pierce of Caldonia, Michigan."