1/2 cup shortening
1/2 cup butter
1 cup sifted powdered sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 tablespoon water
1 tablespoon vanilla
1 1/4 cups almonds, ground
powdered sugar, to roll cookies in after they are baked
Cream shortening and butter at medium speed of an electric mixer until light and fluffy.
Add 1 cup powdered sugar and salt and mix well.
Stir in flour.
Add water, vanilla, and almonds, stirring well.
Shape dough into 1-inch balls (I use a round plastic spoon like the kind you get with soup-to-go from a Chinese restaurant).
Place on ungreased cookie sheets.
Press down lightly on dough with bottom of glass or measuring cup. This insures even cookies.
Bake at 325° for 12 minutes or until done.
Dredge warm cookies in powdered sugar. Or do like I do and put the powdered sugar in a ziplock bag and add cookies. Shake well.
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