My Favorite Cookie - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 c. sugar
1 c. butter or oleo
1 egg
1 tsp. vanilla
1/4 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. almond extract
2 c. plain flour
1 Tbsp. sugar
2 c. pecans, finely cut

Preparation

Preheat oven to 250\u00b0.
Cream together sugar and butter. Add egg
yolk, vanilla, salt, almond extract and sifted flour. Grease shallow
16
x
11-inch
pan and press the cookie dough flat. Beat
egg
white
with
sugar
until frothy.
Spread on batter. Pat
nuts
into
dough.
Bake
1 1/2 hours; cut while warm. Remove from pan.
Makes about 36.