Mourabiedes Recipe
 Recipe ingredients:
- 1 1/2 cups butter
- 2 tablespoons confectioners sugar
- 1 egg yolk
- 1/2 cup coarsely grated or finely chopped almonds
- 3 1/2 cups flour
- 2 pounds confectioners sugar
Recipe method:
- Preheat oven to 275 degrees F.
- Cream butter until light and fluffy.
- Mix in the 2 tablespoons confectioners sugar and egg yolk, creaming well.
- Beat in almonds. Stir flour. Measure and gradually add just enough flour to make a soft dough that you can shape with your hands.
- Pinch off pieces of dough the size of a walnut and roll between your hands.
- Shape into half moons or stylized S shapes.
- Place on an ungreased baking sheet and bake for 45 minutes or until lightly browned.
- Remove from oven. Let cool in pan until lukewarm.
- Sift confectioners sugar onto wax paper.
- Carefully transfer the cookies from baking sheet to sugared paper.
- Sift more sugar over the top, coating them at least 1/4 inch with sugar.
- Let stand until cool. Then store in a cookie jar or crock.
