Almond Drop Cookie Recipe by Ruth Paget
Makes 24 cookies
Ingredients:
-2 ¼ cups flour
-1 teaspoon salt
-3/4 cup sugar
-1 teaspoon baking powder
-1 beaten egg
-1 teaspoon almond extract
-1 cup softened butter
-parchment paper for cookie sheets
Steps:
1-Preheat oven to 400 degrees Fahrenheit.
2-Place flour, salt, sugar, and baking powder in a bowl and mix well.
3-In a separate bowl, mix egg and almond extract together. Add butter to this mixture and stir well.
4-Mix dry ingredients into wet ones and blend well.
5-Use two spoons to scoop and push drop cookies onto cookie sheets.
Bake 10 to 12 minutes and cool on a rack.
Source: Rose Pennington – circa 1950s
By Ruth Paget, author of Eating Soup with Chopsticks and Marrying France
