Ingredients:

  Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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   1      cup           almonds
   1      tablespoon    butter
   4      tablespoons   sugar
   1      drop          lemon juice

Preparation:

Blanch almonds. Put butter, sugar, and almonds in frying pan and brown almonds to light-coffee color, stirring constantly with wooden spoon. Add drop of lemon juice to keep sugar from crystallizing. Pour onto a buttered marble slab, a buttered platter, or buttered baking sheet. Spread dough evenly and let cool. Break into pieces, or crumble to use on tarts or ice cream.