Richard Sax

Thin Almond Wafers

Preparation info
  • Makes

    5½ to 6 dozen

    cookies
    • Difficulty

      Easy

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By Richard Sax

Published 1994

  • About

This is a beautiful cookie—sheer and as pale gold as parchment, inlaid with almond slices. It’s a family heirloom from Dottie McCulloch of Rhode Island.

Ingredients

  • 1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, softened
  • 1 cup sugar

Method

  1. Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F. In a large bowl, with an electric mixer on medium speed, cream the butter and sugar until light. Add the egg and beat until very smooth; add the vanilla. Lower the speed and add the flour and salt, mixing just until incorporate