1 cup butter, softened
1/4 cup powdered sugar
1 egg yolk
1/2 tsp soda
2 tbsp whiskey
3 cup all-purpose flour (to 3-1/2)
1 whole cloves
1 powdered sugar
Directions
Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy; add egg
yolk. Combine soda and whiskey; add to creamed
mixture. Add flour, 1 cup at a time; mix and knead by
hand, adding enough flour to make a soft dough.
Shape as desired into crescents or oblong balls.
Insert a whole clove in center of each cookie. Bake
on ungreased cookie wheets at 350 degrees for 20 to 25
minutes. Dust generously with powdered sugar while
cookies are warm.
SOURCE: Southern Living Magazine, sometime in the
early 1970s. Typed for you by Nancy Coleman
Servings: 30 cookies
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