3 wine south cookies Recipes

butter, softened, all-purpose flour, baking soda, ground cinnamon, ground ginger, salt, dark brown sugar, egg, lightly beaten, port wine (or madeira or a sweet sherry), blanched almond, finely chopped, whole blanched almonds , split lengthwise into halves, egg white , combined with 2 tsp of water and beaten to a froth

cake flour, brown sugar or 2 cups yellow sugar, if available, baking soda, cream of tartar, ground cinnamon, ground nutmeg (optional), salt, butter, soft, rendered pork fat (or crisco if you must, see note below about pork fat), sweet sherry or 1/2 cup muscatel or 1/2 cup madeira wine or 1/2 cup port wine, but you may need up to 3/4 cup of the sweet wine, eggs, whisked well