Spiced Christmas Cookies
By PutoPinoy on Sunday, July 26, 2009 At
Sunday, July 26, 2009
Ingredients:
Place flour on a counter top. Sprinkle all spice, cloves, cinnamon and baking powder over it and mix well. Make a well and drop in eggs. Then sprinkle sugar and almonds over it. Cut butter or margarine into slices on top and knead to a smooth dough. Place in refrigerator for half an hour.
On a floured surface roll out dough to 1/8 inch thickness. Cut out dough using cookie forms. Grease a cookie sheet and sprinkle lightly with sliced almonds. Place the dough on top. Bake in a preheated oven at 375 degrees for 8-10 minutes until lightly brown. (90 cookies.)
- 4 c. flour (Gold Medal)
- 1 1/2 tsp. baking powder
- 1 1/4 c. sugar
- 1 tsp. vanilla extract
- 1/2 tsp. allspice
- 1/2 tsp. cloves, ground
- 1 1/2 tsp. cinnamon
- 2 eggs
- 2 sticks butter or margarine
- 1/2 c. almonds (ground)
- 1/2 tsp. almond extract
- 1 c. almonds (sliced thinly)
Place flour on a counter top. Sprinkle all spice, cloves, cinnamon and baking powder over it and mix well. Make a well and drop in eggs. Then sprinkle sugar and almonds over it. Cut butter or margarine into slices on top and knead to a smooth dough. Place in refrigerator for half an hour.
On a floured surface roll out dough to 1/8 inch thickness. Cut out dough using cookie forms. Grease a cookie sheet and sprinkle lightly with sliced almonds. Place the dough on top. Bake in a preheated oven at 375 degrees for 8-10 minutes until lightly brown. (90 cookies.)
