Chinese Almond Cookies

Ingredients

2 3/4 cup Sifted flour
1 cup Sugar
1/2 tsp. Soda
1/2 tsp. Salt
1 cup Butter
1 Slightly beaten egg
1 tsp. Almond extract
1/3 cup Whole almonds

Directions

Sift flour, sugar, soda and salt together into bowl.
Cut in butter till mixt resembles cornmeal. Add egg
and almond extract; mix well. Shape dough into 1-inch
balls and place 2 inches apart on ungreased cookie
sheet. Place an almond atop each cookie and press down
to flatten slightly. Bake at 325 degrees for 15 to 18
minutes. Cool on rack.

Source

I love those cookies that you get from the takeout Chinese food store. Plus, I want to use the slivered almonds. I only had one stick of butter in the house which is just 1/2 cup. I need another 1/2 so I used margarine. By mistake i added a whole cup of margarine instead of just a 1/2. I just added more flour and sugar and they came out fine. I was really nervous!