Rosalie's Burnt Butter Biscuits

Ingredients:
4oz    butter
4oz    caster sugar
6oz    self-raising flour
1        egg
1t.      vanilla essence
24      whole almonds, blanched and halved

Method:
Preheat oven to 180 degrees.
Melt butter in saucepan and work gently until turning brown (watch so it doesn't burn) then cool and pour into a mixing bowl.
Add sugar and mix well.
Stir in a beaten egg and vanilla essence and beat well.
Add sifted flour and mix to a stiff consistency (if the egg is too large you may need to add a spoonful more of flour).
Roll into balls about 1 inch in diameter, place on baking tray and press an almond halve on top of each.
Bake for 10-12 minutes until golden brown, cool a little before removing from the trays.

Tip - have a small mound of flour set aside to dip your palms into before rolling each ball it makes it less messy.