<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/6af52565-afd4-4a97-8874-be9028545c53/958CF90E-E153-42BF-BC0A-4CDBDF797585/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.gourmetsleuth.com/almonddrops.htm" href="http://www.gourmetsleuth.com/almonddrops.htm" style="font-size: 11px;">www.gourmetsleuth.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.gourmetsleuth.com/almonddrops.htm"><FONT size="4" face="Arial" color="#cc6600">Almond Drop Cookies</FONT></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.gourmetsleuth.com/almonddrops.htm"><FONT size="2" face="Arial" color="#333333">1/2 cup (1 stick) butter, softened 1/2 cup Love'n Bake™ <A href="http://www.gourmetsleuth.com/pDetail.asp?i=2&p=896&s=1&price=9.95"> Almond Paste</A> 1 cup granulated sugar 3 ounces (1 package) cream cheese, softened 1 large egg 1 teaspoon almond extract 2 cups all purpose flour 1/2 teaspoon baking powder 1/2 teaspoon salt<BR /><DIV> Optional, Glace cherries, 48 halves or ¼ cup chopped</DIV> </FONT></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.gourmetsleuth.com/almonddrops.htm"><FONT size="2" color="#333333"><DIV>Preheat oven to 375° and line cookie sheets with parchment paper.</DIV> <BR /><DIV> Cream together the butter, almond paste, sugar and cream cheese. Add the egg and almond extract and mix well.</DIV> <BR /><DIV> Beat in the flour, baking powder, and salt. This will be a firm consistency dough. Stir in the chopped cherries, if using.</DIV> <BR /><DIV> Drop small equal-sized amounts of dough onto the prepared cookie sheets. If using, press a cherry half into the top of each cookie. You will have approximately 48 cookies.</DIV> <BR /><DIV> Bake for 10-12 minutes, until a golden brown around the bottom edges.</DIV> Cool and store in an airtight container, separating the layers with waxed paper. Refrigerate if not eaten within 3-4 days.</FONT></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.gourmetsleuth.com/almonddrops.htm"><DIV>4 Dozen Small Cookies </DIV> </blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/958CF90E-E153-42BF-BC0A-4CDBDF797585/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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