MANDEL SKORPER (SWEDISH ALMOND RUSKS)

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 Sift together flour, cardamom, baking powder, salt and baking soda. Cream together butter, sugar and extract until pale and fluffy. Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition. Mix in flour mixture at low speed until just combined, then stir in almonds. Form dough into 4 11x2" logs and place 2 inches apart on an ungreased baking sheet. Bake logs in middle of oven until pale golden, about 20 minutes. Cool logs on sheet for five minutes, then transfer to cutting board and cut logs diagonally into 1/2" slices, using a serrated knife and a sawing motion. reduce oven temp to 300. Arrange rusks, cut sides down, on baking sheets and bake in batches in the middle of the oven until the cut sides are golden, about 18 minutes. Transfer to racks to cool.