Almond Cookies (by Fusayo Sakasegawa Scannell)

Ingredients

• 3 C flour
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1 egg
• 1 C sugar
• 1 1/3 C shortening
• 1/2 tsp yellow coloring (optional)
• 1 tsp almond extract
• Blanched almonds or red food coloring

Directions

1. Sift flour, baking soda, and salt together.
2. Beat egg with fork until lemon colored.  Add almond extract and yellow food coloring.
3. Cream sugar and shortening well, add egg, and mix thoroughly.
4. Add dry ingredients gradually.
5. Roll into balls about 1" in diameter, and place on greased cookie sheet.
6. Press an indentation in center.
7. Fill the center with half of a blanched almond or dot it with the end of a chopstick in red coloring.
8. Bake 12 minutes in 350 deg. oven.