Krakelinge (south African Cookies)

Total Time: 25 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup butter
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1 egg, beaten
• 3 cups flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 egg yolk
• sugar
• almonds, chopped

Recipe

• preheat oven 400°f.
• in bowl, cream butter and sugar. beat in egg.
• sift flour and baking powder together and stir into the butter mixture.
• roll dough about 1/4 inch thick. brush with the egg yolk, then sprinkle generously with sugar and then the almonds.
• cut into narrow strips. form each strip into a figure-8 shape.
• bake on lightly greased baking sheet 8-10 minutes.