Main Ingredients:

See below ingredients and instructions of the recipe

Cooking Preparation of the Recipe:

3 c Flour, sifted 1/4 ts Nutmeg ("Yuch!", Grandma
1 ts Baking Powder -always "forgot" to add it)
1/4 ts Salt 1/4 ts Mace
1/2 ts Cinnamon 3 Eggs, beaten light
1/4 ts Allspice 3/4 c Sugar
1/4 ts Ground Cloves (done by hand, Juice and grated rind 1
-if poss, for stronger -Lemon
-taste) 2/3 c Chopped Nuts

Measure flour and sift with baking powder, salt, and spices. Add sugar
slowly to beaten eggs and stir in lemon juice and grated lemon rind.
Add dry ingredients and nuts and mix well. Refrigerate 2 hours. Roll
out 1/2" thick and cut with tiny cutter 3/4" round. Let cookies stand
over night in cool place on ungreased cookie sheet. Just before
baking, put a drop of brandy on each cookie. Bake brandy side up
[don'tcha just love it?] in 300 deg F oven for 1/2 hour. Cool
thoroughly and place in tightly covered jar.

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