Windmill Cookies

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 50
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 cup hot water
• 1 cup butter
• 2 cups brown sugar, firmly packed
• 4 cups flour
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
• 1 dash ground cloves
• 1/2 teaspoon ground mace
• 3/4 cup blanched slivered almond

Recipe

• 1 dissolve the baking soda in the hot water.
• 2 mix together the butter, brown sugar and baking soda and water mixture.
• 3 in a separate bowl, mix together the flour, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves and mace; combine with the butter mixture and stir in the almonds.
• 4 roll dough into 2 loaves, each 3-1/2 x 10".
• 5 chill overnight in the refrigerator.
• 6 when ready to bake, preheat oven to 350°.
• 7 slice loaves into 1/4-inch slices on a cookie sheet abotu 2" apart for 10 minutes, or until slightly browned.