Sinclair Lewis`s Sinful Christmas Cookies

Sinclair Lewis`s Sinful Christmas Cookies

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Community Classics .
Edited on Aug 09, 2005

Sinclair Lewis was very fond of cookies. He concocted this recipe in 1919. The cookies are very crisp and rather addictive---one keeps coming back to the cookie jar for another.

Ingredients

1 C. margarine (not butter)2 sticks
2 C. sugar
2 eggs
2 tsp. almond extract
2 1/2 C. bread flour
5 T. Nestle`s Cocoa
1 tsp. salt
2 T. bourbon
1/2 C. sliced almonds

Please note: the alcohol content in the Bourbon will be cooked out of the cookies after baking; all that will be left is the flavor.

Directions

Pre-heat the oven to 325* F. In a mixer bowl, beat the margarine w/sugar until light. Add the almond extract and eggs, beating well after each addition.
In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, cocoa, and salt, Add to the butter mixture alternating with the bourbon, beginning and ending with the flour. Mix in the almonds by hand.
Drop by heaping teaspoons on greased cookie sheets an bake for 8 to 10 minutes, or until the cookies are just firm when the tops are touched with your finger; they should not brown around the edges. Allow to stand on the baking sheet a couple of minutes, then with a metal spatula, transfer to a wax paper-lined rack to cool. Store in a air tight cookie jar or metal tin.

Not a NESTLÉ®-tested recipe.


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