Ingredients:

  Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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   3      cups          flour
   3      teaspoons     baking powder
     1/2  cup           butter
   3                    eggs
   1      cup           sugar
   1      cup           almonds -- finely chopped
     1/2  cup           warm milk
   2      teaspoons     vanilla

Preparation:

Sift the flour with baking powder. Cream butter in a bowl until very light. In separate bowl, beat eggs with sugar until thick and light and add to the butter. Add almonds and flour, and mix well. Blend in the milk and vanilla, and knead to make a fairly stiff dough. Pinch off small pieces of the dough and shape them between the palms of your hands into flat rounds. Place on a buttered sheet and bake in preheated 300F oven for about15 minutes Cool and serve.