Sandbakkels (Norwegian Almond Cookies)

Ingredients

• 1 cup butter
• 1/2 cup shortening
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 egg yolk
• 1 teaspoon almond extract
• 3 3/4 cups flour

Directions

1. 1

   Cream together butter, shortening, and sugar.

2. 2

   Add egg, egg yolk, and almond extract. Beat until well mixed.

3. 3

   Add flour until you have a fairly stiff dough.

4. 4

   Refrigerate for 1 hour.

5. 5

   Press about 2.5- 3 teaspoonful dough into a greased 3-inch sandbakkel tin. Start at bottom and press evenly and thinly as possible up the sides. (Note these do not fill the tin, they make a shell).

6. 6

   To make a pattern on the inside (optional), take an empty sandbakkel tin and put it on top of the filled sandbakkel tin and press lightly, carefully remove the top tin.

7. 7

   Bake at 350 degrees for about 10 minutes or until lightly brown.

8. 8

   Remove from oven and place upside down on cooling rack. Tap bottoms while still warm to remove from sandbakkel tins.

9. 9

   Makes about 5 dozen.