VANILLA BISCUITS

beat 1/4 cup butter to a cream with 1/2 cup castor sugar. add vanilla essence

beat up an egg and whisk into creamed butter.

stir in ~1cup S/R flour to make a proper consistency dough for rolling. 

roll very thinly. cut into shapes and add a shred of blanched almond

bake in moderate oven.

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