Almond Puffs

1/2 cup butter
1 cup flour
2 Tbsp water
2 Tbsp sugar
Cut butter into flour and sugar, sprinkle water over mixture, stir with a fork and round into a ball. Divide in half and pat into 2 strips about 1/4 inch thick and 4 inches by 8 inches on ungreased cookie sheet.

1/2 cup butter
dash of salt
1 cup water
1 cup flour
1Tbsp almond extract
3 eggs
In a saucepan heat to boiling: 1/2 cup butter, a dash of salt, and 1 cup water. Remove from heat and stir in 1 cup flour and 1 Tbsp almond extract. Stir over low heat until ball forms. Remove from heat and beat in 3 eggs, one at a time, until smooth.

Divide in half and spread over both strips and bake at 350 for 1 hour.

Cool and spread with powdered sugar icing and sprinkle with sliced almonds.

Icing
1 1/2 cups powdered sugar
2 Tbsp butter
1 1/2 tsp almond extract
2 Tbsp milk, half and half, or cream


Variations
I like make to make the batter into 4 strips instead of 2, otherwise they are quite large.

I also have substitiued some of the regular flour for almond flour for the crust. I would do 1/3 almond flour to 2/3 regular flour.