Saint Nicholas Cookies

Total Time: 12 mins Cook Time: 12 mins

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

Recipe

• 1 sift flour with spices in bowl. add baking powder and salt; set aside.
• 2 in large bowl of electric mixer, at high speed, beat butter with sugar and egg until mixture is very light and fluffy.
• 3 with wooden spoon, stir in half of flour mixture, then beat in rest of flour mixture and almonds, mixing with hands, if necessary.
• 4 refrigerate dough, covered, several hours.
• 5 preheat oven to 350°f lightly grease several cookie sheets.
• 6 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.
• 7 repeat with rest of dough, 1/4 at a time. bake 10-12 minutes or until golden brown around edges.
• 8 remove cookies to wire rack; cool completely.
• 9 dust lightly with icing sugar. store cookies in covered container.