Recipe by: Midwest Living, December 1994 Preheat oven to 375 degrees. In a mixing bowl, beat the butter and sugar with an electric mixer until fluffy. Add the egg yolk and almond extract; beat well. Beat or stir in the flour. Force the unchilled dough through a cookie press onto ungreased cookie sheets. Bake for 8 to 10 minutes, or until the edges are firm but not brown. Cool the cookies on wire racks. Penny Halsey (ATBN65B). Variations: For a nutty cookie, stir in half cup finely ground nuts with the flour. Toast the nuts before grinding,if you like. For a chocolate cookie, reduce the flour to 2.25 cups. Add an additional quarter cup granulated sugar and quarter cup unsweetened cocoa powder. Add the cocoa before adding the flour. If you like, dip the tops of the cookies in icing; then, sprinkle with chopped nuts or colored sugar. Or sprinkle on the decorative toppings before baking. For a marbled dough, alternately put about quarter cup of each color of dough in a cookie press. Or put some coloring on white dough and knead it a few times to marble; then place in the cookie press. ----