Southern Cornmeal Butter Wafers - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 c. (2 sticks) butter, softened
1 c. firmly packed brown sugar
1 egg
1 tsp. vanilla extract
1 1/2 c. yellow cornmeal
1 1/4 c. unsifted all-purpose flour
1/4 c. slivered almonds

Preparation

Preheat oven to 350\u00b0.
In a medium bowl with an electric mixer, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy; beat in egg and vanilla and stir in 1 1/4 cups of the cornmeal and the flour. Mix well.
Place the remaining 1/4 cup cornmeal in a small bowl or plastic bag.
Shape dough into 1-inch balls; coat with cornmeal and place on ungreased cookie sheets 2 inches apart.
With the floured bottom of a glass, flatten balls to 1/4-inch thickness; top each with almonds.
Bake until cookies are pale gold around the edges, about 8 minutes.
Cool on sheets for 1 minute before removing to wire racks.