Saint Nicholas Cookies
- Ready In:
- 12mins
- Ingredients:
- 10
- Yields:
-
4 dozen
ingredients
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 1⁄2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon ground cloves
- 1 teaspoon ground ginger
- 1⁄8 teaspoon baking powder
- 1⁄8 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup butter or 1 cup margarine
- 1⁄4 cup light brown sugar, packed
- 1 egg
- 1⁄2 cup blanched almond, sliced
directions
- Sift flour with spices in bowl. Add baking powder and salt; set aside.
- In large bowl of electric mixer, at high speed, beat butter with sugar and egg until mixture is very light and fluffy.
- With wooden spoon, stir in half of flour mixture, then beat in rest of flour mixture and almonds, mixing with hands, if necessary.
- Refrigerate dough, covered, several hours.
- Preheat oven to 350°F Lightly grease several cookie sheets.
- Remove 1/4 of the dough at a time from the refrigerator. With hand, flatten dough or roll out to 1/8-inch thick. Cut with cookie cutter.
- Repeat with rest of dough, 1/4 at a time. Bake 10-12 minutes or until golden brown around edges.
- Remove cookies to wire rack; cool completely.
- Dust lightly with icing sugar. Store cookies in covered container.
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