Recipe For Cooking Almond Macaroons

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Almond Macaroons

1 (8 oz.) can almond paste
3/4 C. sugar
Pin. of salt
3 egg whites
1/2 tea. almond extract or flavoring

Break up and mash almond paste to soften; add other ingredients alternately and beat well. Line a cookie sheet with brown paper or foil.

Squeeze sm. amounts of dough through a pastry tube or drop from a tea. 2 in. apart onto cookie sheet. Smooth tops with pastry brush moistened with water. Bake at 350 degrees F for 15 to 20 min. or until golden and puffed. May be stored indefinitely in an airtight tin or freezer.

Makes approximately 40 to 50 macaroons.