Decorate these brown sugar cookies with icing, if desired.
Cook Time: 10 minutes
Ingredients:
- 1/2 cup butter
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 1 beaten egg
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 3/4 cups cake flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup ground, blanched almonds
Preparation:
Cream butter to soften; add brown sugar and beat until light and fluffy. Beat in egg and vanilla. Sift together the flour, baking powder, and salt; blend into the creamed mixture. Stir in almonds. Chill then roll out thin. Cut with cookie cutters into candy cane shapes or other shapes.
Bake cookies on ungreased baking sheets at 350° for about 10 minutes, until cookies are done.