Danish Aristocrats - cooking recipe

Ingredients
    1 lb butter, room temperature
    1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
    1 large egg, beaten
    4 1/4 cups flour
    1/2 teaspoon salt
    1 cup almonds, slivered, toasted
Preparation
    Heat oven 375\u00b0F degrees.
    Cream together butter and sugar; add beaten egg.
    Mix together flour & salt.
    Using a wooden spoon stir flour into the creamed butter mixture.
    Work in the nuts until evenly distributed.
    Divide dough into 4 parts and roll each part into a sausage about 2-inches in diameter. Wrap in wax paper and refrigerate until firm.
    Slice the dough into 1/4\" slices and place 1\" apart on an ungreased cookie sheet.
    Bake for 10-12 minutes (bake in center of the oven) Do not let the cookies brown too much they should be the color of shortbread--pale golden.
    Store in tins in the fridge or freezer.

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