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

 * 1) First cream the butter, and gradually mix in the sugar.
 * 2) Reserve one-half of the egg white with which to glaze the cakes.
 * 3) Beat the remaining egg white, and add to the creamed butter and sugar.
 * 4) Then add the flavoring, the milk and the flour.
 * 5) Roll the dough, a little at a time, into thin sheets, and cut into fancy shapes.
 * 6) Then bake in buttered tins.
 * 7) 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.
 * 8) Brush with the white of an egg.
 * 9) Sprinkle with granulated sugar, and bake in a moderate oven till of a delicate brown color.