1 cup sugar
1 cup sugar, brown
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp vinegar
1 tsp vanilla extract
3 eggs
1 lb butter
6 cup flour
2/3 cup almonds, slivered
Directions
Combine sugars, baking soda, vinegar, and vanilla. Stir in eggs. Cut
butter into small pieces and work into mixture. Add flour, a cup at a
time, and mix well. Knead in almonds. Gather dough into ball and
divide into five equal pieces. Roll each piece into a cylinder. If
you wish, roll each cylinder in colored sugar. Wrap in wax paper and
refrigerate overnight.
Preheat oven to 350. Cut each log into 1/4" slices. Bake on ungreased
cookie sheet for 8 minutes. "This recipe is a tradition in my
husband's Swedish family. It makes enough cookies to feed the Swedish
Army."
Recipe by Sandra Silfven, Detroin News food editor. Source: _Gifts
from the Christmas Kitchen_, sent by BEE to Sylvia Steiger
(THE.STEIGERS on GEnie, 71511,2253 on CI$) for the November 1992
cookbook swap
Servings: 168 servings
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