Step 1

Using your hands or a pastry cutter, cut the butter into the flour. Small, gravel sized clumps should form.

Step 2

Next, add the almonds, egg and sugar to the mix and blend until small clumps resembling sand appear.

Step 3

Place the cookie dough in the refrigerator for an hour.

Step 4

After an hour, pre-heat the oven to 175C/350F.

Step 5

Press the dough firmly into tartlet tins.

Step 6

Place the tartlet tins onto a baking sheet in the middle of the oven for 12-15 minutes, or until slightly brown around the edges.

Step 7

After the cookies have baked, remove them from the oven and allow to cool for 7-10 minutes in the metal tins. Do not try to remove the cookies before they have had time to cool as they will fall apart.

Step 8

One the cookies have been removed from the tins, allow them to cool for an additional 20 minutes on a wire cooling rack.

Step 9

These cookies can be served plain, or topped with whipped cream and multe berries.