Ingredients

• 6 cups almonds
• 3 cups sugar
• 3 egg whites
• 2 teaspoons vanilla

Instructions

• Blanch almonds. Dry in oven, mash with mortar and pestle, or pulverize in blender.
• Place sugar, egg whites, and vanilla in bowl; add the almonds.
• Blend, using your fingers, into a thick dough.
• Shape into narrow fingers and place on a buttered baking sheet.
• Bake in preheated 300 F (160 C) oven for about 20 - 25 min.