Greek Butterball Cookies - cooking recipe

Ingredients

3 c. sifted cake flour
1/4 tsp. baking soda
3/4 c. chopped blanched almonds, crushed with rolling pin
1 c. unsalted butter
1 Tbsp. sugar
1 1/2 tsp. lemon juice
few drops of almond extract
1 tsp. olive oil
1 large egg yolk, fork beaten
confectioners sugar

Preparation

Mix the flour, baking soda and almonds.
Set aside.
Heat butter slowly in a small deep saucepan.
Cool.
Carefully spoon off into a large bowl the clarified butter from top of cloudy solids which have settled at the bottom of the pan.
Add sugar, brandy, lemon juice, extract, oil and egg yolk to butter. Beat well. Add the flour-nut mixture in fourths, mixing thoroughly after each addition. Shape dough into 3/4-inch balls and place on ungreased cookie sheets.
Bake at
350\u00b0 for 15 minutes.