French Tuiles

¾ cup (5 to  6) egg whites, unbeaten

1 2/3 cups granulated sugar

¼ teaspoon salt

 ¾ cup lukewarm melted butter

1/4 cup lukewarm melted shortening

1 cups sifted all-purpose flour

¾ cup finely chopped, blanched almonds

Start heating oven to 350°F. Mix egg white sugar and salt until sugar is solved, mixture thick. Add butter and shortening; mix well. Add flour and almonds, mix well. Drop by level tablespoonful, 5” apart, onto ungreased cookie sheet. Bake 8 to 10 minutes or until done. Let stand ½ minute; then quickly and gently remove, one at a time, and mold into half circle over rolling pin.

Makes 5 dozen

Note: Bake only a few at a time. If they become too hard to mold, soften in oven. These keep a week or so.

~*~NUT ALLERGY WARNING~*~ this recipe contains Almonds.

These cookies are of a kind called molded or shaped. This recipe is from the late 1950s