Royal Almond Spice Cookies

Total Time: 45 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 84
• 1 cup butter or 1 cup margarine, softened
• 1/2 cup shortening
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 cup brown sugar, packed
• 2 eggs
• 4 cups flour
• 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon ground cloves
• 1 teaspoon ground allspice
• 1 cup almonds, slivered

Recipe

• 1 cream butter, shortening, and both sugars together until light and fluffy.
• 2 beat in eggs.
• 3 combine dry ingredients in another (large) bowl.
• 4 stir creamed mixture and nuts into the flour mixture.
• 5 shape dough into three 9" x 1 1/2" rolls.
• 6 wrap each roll in wax paper and refrigerate for 2-3 days.
• 7 preheat oven to 350°f
• 8 cut dough into 1/4" thick slices and place 2 inches apart on ungreased baking sheets.
• 9 bake for 12-14 minutes or until set.
• 10 remove cookies from baking sheets and cool on wire racks.