Sugar and Spice Cookies
By: Chef Lana
Published: Wednesday, October 13, 2010 - 11:08am

Ingredients




3 tablespoons shortening
3 tablespoons butter, softened
3/4 cup sugar, plus additional sugar for pressing cookies
2 tablespoons half and half
1 egg
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
2 cups flour
1 teaspoon ground cardamon
3/4 teaspoon nutmeg (I used freshly grated nutmeg.)
1/8 teaspoon salt
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
sliced almonds for garnish

Preparation

1 Cream shortening, butter, and sugar. Add egg, half and half, and vanilla. 2 Sift flour, cardamon, nutmeg, salt, and baking powder together and add to creamed mixture. Mix well. 3 Roll into balls, using a tablespoon for measurement. Place on a cookie sheet lined with a Silpat or parchment paper. Wet the bottom of a flat bottomed glass, dip bottom in sugar, and press cookie dough ball to the size of a silver dollar. Press sliced almonds into top of cookie dough. 4 Bake in a 350 F preheated oven for 10 minutes. Let cookies cook for 2 to 3 minutes on cookie sheet and them transfer to cooling rack to finish cooling. 5 Store in a cookie jar or other air tight container. Freezes well.