Chinatown Almond Squares

Ingredients

• 1/2 pound almonds
• 2 cups sugar
• 1 cup water
• 1/2 teaspoon vinegar
• 4 drops almond extract
• 1/2 lemon

Instructions

1. Blanch almonds and brown slightly in a buttered shallow pan in oven. Boil sugar and water eight minutes, then add vinegar and boil until brittle when dropped in water. Add extract and pour over almonds. Use the one-half lemon to press down candy evenly in pan. Cut before it hardens.