| ½ cup butter | |
| 1 egg | |
| ⅓ cup almonds, blanched and finely chopped | |
| ½ cup sugar | |
| ½ tablespoon cinnamon | |
| Clove | ½ tablespoon each |
| Nutmeg | |
| Grated rind ½ lemon | |
| 2 tablespoons brandy | |
| 2 cups flour | |
Cream the butter, add egg well beaten, almonds, sugar, brandy, and spices mixed and sifted with flour. Roll mixture to one-fourth inch in thickness, shape with a round cutter first dipped in flour, and bake in a slow oven.
Nut Cookies
Yolks 2 eggs
1 cup brown sugar
1 cup chopped nut meats
Whites 2 eggs
6 tablespoons flour
Few grains salt
Beat yolks of eggs until thick and lemon-colored, add sugar gradually, nut meats, whites of egg beaten until stiff, and flour mixed with salt. Drop from tip of spoon on buttered sheet, spread, and bake in a moderate oven.