Almond puff

6 servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
½ cup Butter (or margarine), softened
1 cup Gold Medal flour
2 tablespoons Water
½ cup Butter (or margarine)
1 cup Water
1 teaspoon Almond extract
1 cup Gold Medal flour
3 Eggs

Directions

Chopped nuts Confectioners' Sugar Glaze (below) Heat oven to 350. Cut ½ C. butter into 1 C. flour. Sprinkle 2 tbsp.

water over mixture; mix with fork. Round into ball; divide in half.

On ungreased baking sheet, pat each half into a strip, 12 by 3 inches. Strips should be about 3 inches apart.

In medium saucepan, heat ½ C. butter & 1 C. water to rolling boil.

Remove from heat & quickly stir in almond extract & 1 C. flour. Stir vigorously over low heat until mixture forms a ball, about 1 minute.

Remove from heat. Beat in eggs, all at one time, until smooth. Divide in half; spread each half evenly over strips, covering completely.

Bake about 60 minutes or until topping is crisp & brown. Cool. Frost with Confectioners' Sugar Glaze & sprinkle generously with nuts. 10 to 12 servings

CONFECTIONERS' SUGAR GLAZE

Mix 1½ C. confectioners' sugar, 2 tbsp. butter,(softened), 1 to 1 ½ tsp. almond extract or 1 ½ tsp. Vanilla & 1 to 2 tbsp. warm water until smooth.

**** And that is it.. **** Enjoy it!! V.O.

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