Almond foundation biscuits are great to eat and also make an excellent biscuit for a base of other dishes like custard slices and other desserts. A good dessert is a biscuit base filled with ice cream and frozen.

Ingredients

125g butter

4 tablespoons icing sugar

1 egg

125g flour, sifted

50g chopped almonds

125g self raising flour, sifted

1 teaspoon vanilla

Method

Cream butter and sugar, add egg and blend. Add sifted flours, almonds, and vanilla. Mix to a smooth dough.

Roll dough thinly and cut to desired shape and size with a biscuit cutter. Bake at 180C for 15 to 20 minutes

Optional: add a few nut pieces