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I keep busy with our baby daughter and helping my dad on his dairy farm. But when I have time-usually in the winter-I love to bake. I make these tea cakes every Christmas. I double the recipe and freeze half for later.

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Almond Tea Cakes Recipe

Prep: 30 min. + chilling Bake: 20 min.

Yield: 60 Servings

30 20 50

Ingredients

2 cups butter, softened
3/4 cup sugar
3/4 cup packed brown sugar
2 eggs
4 teaspoons almond extract
4 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
FILLING:
1 egg white
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup ground almonds
1/2 teaspoon lemon juice
Milk
Sliced almonds

Directions

In a large bowl, cream butter and sugars until light and fluffy, about 5 minutes. Add eggs and extract; mix well. Add flour and baking powder (dough will be soft). Chill.
For filling, in a small bowl, stir egg white, sugar, almonds and lemon juice. Remove a portion of the dough at a time from the refrigerator. Place 1-in. balls of dough into miniature muffin cups, pressing slightly into sides and bottom. Place 1/2 teaspoon of filling into each. Cover with quarter-sized circles of dough.
Brush with a little milk and top with an almond. Bake at 350° for 20-25 minutes or until golden. Yield: about 5 dozen.

Nutritional Facts 1 serving (1 each) equals 119 calories, 7 g fat (4 g saturated fat), 23 mg cholesterol, 73 mg sodium, 13 g carbohydrate, trace fiber, 1 g protein.

Originally published as Almond Tea Cakes in Country December/January 1994, p49

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Reviewed on Apr. 22, 2012 by DarLynn4706

I'd just like to ask a question: The instructions for the filling say to STIR the egg white. Shouldn't you beat it into a frothy meringue??

Reviewed on Oct. 24, 2011 by nilouve

I doubled the filing and added a little less than 1/4 tsp of strawberry jam to the bottom of each tart, before filing. Delicious! and so pretty! A keeper.

Reviewed on May. 02, 2011 by monica tn

Love this recipe! The filling was very good. Everyone loved them!

Reviewed on Nov. 27, 2010 by Lavishlyloved

These are a family favorite! We make them every year at Christmas ~ it's a tradition & my family would stage an uprising if these cookies were omitted from our celebration.