Almond Sables

Title:
Almond Sables

Yield:
1 Servings

Categories:
Sables,
Christmas




Ingredients:





     1 c  Blanched almonds


   1/2 c  Sugar


   1/2 lb Soft unsalted butter


   1/4 ts Salt


     1    Egg yolk


     1 ts Vanilla extract


     2 c  All purpose bleached flour






 1. Combine almonds and sugar in food processor and pulse to grind finely.


 Beat butter with sugar/almond mixture and salt until very light, about 5


 minutes on medium speed.


 


 2. Beat in yolk, then vanilla extract. Remove from mixer; sift over and


 stir in flour. Divide dough in half and shape each into an 8-inch long


 cylinder, forming it in a sheet of parchment paper. Chill until firm. Slice


 cylinders of dough 1/4-inch thick and arrange on paper-lined pans. Bake at


 325 degrees about 15 to 20 minutes.


 


 Variations:


 


 1. Moisten outside of log with egg white and roll in cinnamon sugar or


 coarse sugar before slicing and baking.


 


 2. Add 1/4 pound each rinsed and quartered candied cherries and chopped


 nuts to dough before shaping cylinder.


 Posted to recipelu-digest Volume 01 Number 381 by RecipeLu


 
on Dec 16, 1997