Sugar Cookies (Petits Gateaux sucres) a la Mathilda

Ingredients

• One cup butter
• one cup sugar
• one egg
• three tablespoons whipped cream
• two tablespoons brandy
• one teaspoon vanilla
• three cups flour
• one teaspoon Royal baking powder

Method

1. 1

   Stir butter and sugar to a cream; add the egg, cream, brandy, flour, and baking powder; stir until smooth, roll very thin, cut with an oval cutter, sprinkle with sugar, put a piece of almond (cut lengthwise) on each.

2. 2

   Bake on a buttered baking sheet until dark brown.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The Swedish, French, American cook book (1918) by Hammond, Maria Mathilda (Ericsson) Mrs., page 600. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Sugar Cookies ( Petits Gateaux sucres ) a la Mathilda One cup butter, one cup sugar, one egg, three tablespoons whipped cream, two tablespoons brandy, one teaspoon vanilla, three cups flour, one teaspoon Royal baking powder

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