Swedish Macaroon Tea Thimbles

• 1 cup butter, softened
• 12 cup sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 2 cups cake flour, sifted
• 2 eggs
• 12 cup sugar
• 1 14 cups blanched almonds, ground
• 12 teaspoon almond flavoring

1. For the crusts, cream thoroghly butter and sugar.
2. Beat in egg and vanilla.
3. Stir in flour.
4. Drop rounded teaspoonfuls into greased mini muffin cups.
5. Press dough over bottom and around sides making a cup about 1/4 inch thick.
6. Leave center hollow.
7. Chill.
8. Heat oven to 325 degrees.
9. Assemble filling.
10. In a bowl, beat eggs until light and foamy.
11. Gradually beat in sugar until well blended.
12. Mix in almonds and almond flavoring.
13. Remove cups from refrigerator and spoon filling into hollows.
14. Bake 25-30 minutes until delicately browned and set.
15. Cool.

butter, sugar, egg, vanilla, cake flour, eggs, sugar, blanched almonds, almond flavoring

Taken from www.food.com/recipe/swedish-macaroon-tea-thimbles-303600 (may not work)