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Prep Time: 0 Minutes Cook Time: 0 Minutes |
Ready In: 0 Minutes Servings: 1 |
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Ingredients:
1/2 cup butter or margarine |
2 cups firmly packed brown sugar |
2 eggs, well beaten |
1 teaspoon vanilla extract |
3 cups all-purpose flour |
2 teaspoons baking powder |
1/2 teaspoon salt |
1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg |
1/4 teaspoon ground cloves |
1/2 cup cold strong brewed coffee |
red hot cinnamon candies |
green maraschino cherries, cut into strips |
Directions:
1. Cream butter in a large mixing bowl; gradually add sugar, beating well. Beat in eggs and vanilla, mixing well.
2. Sift together flour, baking powder, salt, nutmeg, and cloves 4 times. Stir into creamed mixture alternately with coffee, beginning and ending with flour mixture. Cover and chill overnight.
3. Divide dough into fourths. Work with one portion of dough at a time, keeping remaining dough chilled until ready to use. Roll to 1/3-inch thickness on a heavily floured surface. Cut with a clover leaf cutter.
4. Place 1 inch apart on lightly greased cookie sheets. Place 3 cinnamon candies in center of each cookie; place a cherry strip in center as a stem. Bake at 450° for 5 to 7 minutes. Remove from cookie sheets, and cool on wire racks. Repeat procedure with remaining dough.
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