Almond Wafers

==Ingredients==
* ¼ cup butter
* ½ cup pulverized sugar
* 2 whites of egg
* 1 tablespoon milk
* 1¼ cups flour
* ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
* ⅛ teaspoon almond extract
* blanched almonds
==Directions==
# First cream the butter, and gradually mix in the sugar.
# Reserve one-half of the egg white with which to glaze the cakes.
# Beat the remaining egg white, and add to the creamed butter and sugar.
# Then add the flavoring, the milk and the flour.
# Roll the dough, a little at a time, into thin sheets, and cut into fancy shapes.
# Then bake in buttered tins.
# Arrange six or eight halves of blanched almonds, cut lengthwise, about the center of each cake in such a way as to represent the petals of a flower.
# Brush with the white of an egg.
# Sprinkle with granulated sugar, and bake in a moderate oven till of a delicate brown color.
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