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     Title: Finnish Butter Cookies
Categories: Cookies
     Yield: 1 servings

   3/4 c  Butter (no substitutes);
          -softened
   1/4 c  Sugar
     1 ts Almond extract
     2 c  All-purpose flour
     1    Egg white
     2 tb Sugar
   1/3 c  Ground almonds

 Recipe by: TASTE OF HOME DEC/JAN 1996
    In a mixing bowl, cream butter and sugar. Stir in extract. Add 1-1/4
 cups flour; mix well. Knead in remaining flour. Cover and chill at
least 2
 hours. Roll out on a lightly floured surface to 1/4" thickness. Cut
with a
 small cookie cutter (1-1/2 to 2"); place on ungreased baking sheets.
Beat
 egg white until foamy; brush over cookies. Sprinkle with sugar and
almonds.
 Bake at 350 degrees for 7-8 minutes or until lightly browned. Cool on
wire
 racks.

 Yield: 4 dozen

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