Marzipan Cookies
Auntie Helen's recipe
Ingredients
- 1cup butter
- 2eggs
- 1tsp almond essence
- 1tsp baking powder
- 1tsp baking soda
- Almond paste
- 2 cups sugar
- 3 ½ cups flour
- ½ tsp salt
Instructions
- Cream butter and sugar. Beat in essence.
- Combine flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt.
- Gradually add to creamed mixture and mix well.
- Cover and refrigerate 1 hour or until easy to handle.
- Roll out dough to ¼ inch thickness.
- Cut in 2” rounds with cookie cutter.
- Roll marzipan balls and place on each circle.
- Top with another circle, press edges to seal.
- Brush with egg white.
- Bake at 350 degrees for 10-12 minutes.
