Mandelbread

Total Time: 1 hr 5 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• 1/4 lb butter
• 1 cup sugar
• 3 eggs
• 3 cups flour, sifted
• 1 tablespoon baking powder (not soda)
• 2 teaspoons real vanilla extract
• 1 teaspoon almond extract
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup nuts, chopped

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350 degrees f.
• 2 in a large bowl, beat butter until smooth. gradually add sugar, then add eggs one at a time and beat well.
• 3 in another bowl, sift flour with baking powder. add flour gradually to egg mixture. add vanilla extract, almond extract and salt.
• 4 beat well, add nuts and mix well.
• 5 put on a well-greased cookie sheet in 2 loaves (about 2 1/2" by 12"). bake about 25 minutes.
• 6 cut crosswise into 1/2" slices and put in oven cut side down for about 10 minutes; turn and put back into oven for 10 minutes.