1991 2nd Place Oma's Almond Cookies

Title:
1991 2nd Place Oma's Almond Cookies

Yield:
120 Servings

Categories:
Cookies,
Holiday




Ingredients:





     2 c  Butter, softened


     2 c  Sugar


     2    Eggs


     1    Lemon, grated rind and juice


     4 c  All-purpose flour


     1 ts Baking powder


          Pinch salt


   1/2 lb Unblanched almonds, finely


          Ground or grated


          Colored sugars for garnish,


          Optional






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


 time: 10 minutes


 


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


 eggs, one at a time. Beat in lemon rind and juice. Mix flour, baking powder


 and salt. Stir flour mixture and ground almonds into butter mixture to make


 a soft dough. Divide dough into quarters. Refrigerate dough, wrapped in wax


 paper, until firm, at least 8 hours or overnight.


 


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


 


  3. 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. Cut out with cookie cutters. Return dough


 to refrigerator if it gets too soft. Transfer to baking sheets, leaving 2


 inches between each cookie. Sprinkle with colored sugar if desired.


 


  4. Bake until very light brown at edges, 8 to 10 minutes. Transfer to wire


 racks to cool. Store in a covered tin.


 


  This second-place winner, from Judy M. Drux of Dyer, Indiana, makes very


 thin, crisp, delicate cookies. The dough keeps well in the refrigerator if


 well-wrapped. This cookie was a tribute to her husband's grandmother,


 Antonia Drux, who emigrated to this country from Germany in 1923. (Oma


 means "grandma" in German.) The recipe has been passed down as just a list


 of ingredients. Drux added a few hints to help make baking them easier for


 future cooks. from the Chicago Tribune fourth annual Food Guide Holiday


 Cookie Contest December 5, 1991


 Posted to MM-Recipes Digest V3 #339


 


 From: Linda Place 


 


 Date: Wed, 11 Dec 1996 11:24:32 +0000