Almond And Cream Cheese Biscuits Recipe

• 700 gm caster sugar
• 200 gm butter
• 250 gm cream cheese
• 725 gm plain flour
• 1/2 tsp vanilla essence
• 700 gm flaked almonds

1. Cream together the sugar butter and cream cheese.
2. This may be done in a food processoror in a bowl.
3. lightly work in the flour and vanilla essence.
4. Place almonds on a plate and then put half a dozen heaped tsp.
5. of biscuit mix on the nuts.
6. Roll each into a ball coated with nuts set on a tray and flatten lightly with the fingertips.
7. Continue making biscuits till all the mix is used up.
8. Bake a few freshly made biscuits on a baking sheet on the grid shelf on the floor of the roasting oven for 7 to 9 min till pale golden brown.
9. Freeze the remainder.
10. Serve dusted with icing sugar.
11. If only baking a few biscuits place them on the front ofthe baking sheet well spaced.
12. If baking a trayful turn the tray around after two thirds of the cooking time to ensure even colouring.
13. Freshly baked biscuits are always delicious and these can be prepared ahead ready to bake straight from the freezer a few of a time.
14. Makes 36

caster sugar, butter, cream cheese, flour, vanilla, almonds

Taken from cookeatshare.com/recipes/almond-and-cream-cheese-biscuits-63518 (may not work)