Cape Cod Sand Dollars
Source of Recipe
Internet
List of Ingredients
1 cup butter
2 cups granulated sugar
3 eggs separated
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons baking powder
31/2 to 4 cups flour
15 unblanched almonds split
Recipe
Cream butter and sugar together. Add egg yolks and vanilla and beat until fluffy. Mix dry ingredients together and beat into batter until a soft dough forms. Refrigerate several hours or overnight.
Roll dough very thin and cut in round or decorative shapes with cookie cutters. Brush tops with egg whites. Top with split almonds to look like sand dollar and sprinkle with cinnamon and sugar mixture. (1/4 teaspoon cinnamon and 1/4 teaspoon sugar to make mixture).
Bake at 350 degrees for about 8 minutes. Store in airtight container when cool.