Recipe - Dutch Spice Cookies

1 cup Butter
1 One half cup Brown sugar
1 One half teaspoon Cinnamon
1 teaspoon Baking powder
One half teaspoon Ground nutmeg
One half teaspoon Ground cloves
One fourth teaspoon Salt
1 Egg
2 Three fourths cup Flour
1/3 cup Finely chopped blanched
Almonds (opt)
Blanched whole almonds
(opt)

Beat butter with a mixer on med to high speed for 30 seconds or by
hand. Add brown sugar, cinnamon, baking powder, nutmeg, cloves &
salt. Beat in egg & flour. Add chopped almonds if using. Roll dough
to 1/8" thickness on a lightly floured board & cut into shapes..
Decorate with whole almonds if using. Place one" apart on lightly
greased cookie sheets. Bake in 350 oven 8 to 10 minutes or until
edges are lightly browned. Cool 1 minute; transfer to wire racks to
cool completely. Makes 4 to 6 dozen (depending on size.)

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