1 c Butter; softened
1/4 c Powdered sugar
1 Egg yolk
1/2 ts Soda
2 tb Whiskey
3 c All-purpose flour (to 3-1/2)
Whole cloves
Powdered sugar
Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy; add egg
yolk. Combine soda and whiskey; add to creamed
mixture. Add flour, 1 cup at a time; mix and knead by
hand, adding enough flour to make a soft dough.
Shape as desired into crescents or oblong balls.
Insert a whole clove in center of each cookie. Bake
on ungreased cookie wheets at 350 degrees for 20 to 25
minutes. Dust generously with powdered sugar while
cookies are warm.
SOURCE: Southern Living Magazine, sometime in the
early 1970s.
Yields
30 Cookies