Almond Cookies II - {Almendrados}

Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Grind the 1 1/3 cups blanched almonds to a fine paste in electric blender or mortar. Mix ground almonds with sugar and salt. Fold in egg whites beaten to a stiff beak.

For each cookie, drop equivalent of heaping 1/2 teaspoon of mixture onto buttered sheet. Top each cookie with half an almond. Bake in 400 degree oven until cookies are lightly browned on top (approximately 10 minutes). The inside of the cookie will look still moist when cookie is done. Remove to a rack and cool.