Beaman Family, Dessert
2 c. butter
2 t. almond extract
1 c. sugar
5 c. sifted flour
4 eggs, well-beaten
1/4 t. salt
Cream butter; add sugar and cream until light.
Add well-beaten eggs and extract.
Sift together flour and salt and add to first mixture.
Mix well.
Press dough through cookie press onto ungreased cookie sheet and form into O and S shapes.
Bake in moderate oven (350) 8-12 min.
Yield: 8-9 doz. spritz.
Mother liked to tell the story of when she was a little girl and they couldn’t find her anywhere in the house. Then they looked in the icebox, and there she was, eating butter. (Henry Walker)