- 1 cup soft shortening (half butter)
- ⅓ cup sugar
- ⅔ cup ground blanched almonds
Sift together and work in ...
- 1⅔ cups sifted GOLD MEDAL Flour
- ¼ tsp. salt
Chill dough. Roll with hands pencil-thick. Cut in 2½″ lengths. Form into crescents on ungreased baking sheet. Bake until set ... not brown. Cool on pan. While slightly warm, carefully dip in 1 cup confectioners’ sugar and 1 tsp. cinnamon mixed.
TEMPERATURE: 325° (slow mod. oven).
TIME: Bake 14 to 16 min.
AMOUNT: About 5 doz. 2½″ cookies.
LEMON SNOWDROPS
Refreshing, lemony ... with snowy icing.
Follow recipe for English Tea Cakes above—except use 2 tbsp. lemon juice and 1 tbsp. water in place of the milk. Add 2 tsp. grated lemon rind. Omit citron and currants. Mix in ½ cup chopped nuts. Chill dough. Roll into balls and bake. Then roll in confectioners’ sugar.