Christmas Spice Cookies
-- from The Settlement Cookbook, 1976
2 cups brown sugar
1/2 cup syrup or honey
1/4 cup butter
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon cloves
1/8 teaspoon nutmeg
2 ounces citron, ground very fine
2 1/2 cups flour
1 tablespoon baking powder
1 egg
juice and rind of 1/2 lemon
2 tablespoons milk
Add sugar to syrup and cook until sugar is dissolved. Add butter, cool. Add spices to flour. Mix all ingredients and add additional flour to handle, if necessary. Roll 1/8-inch thick and cut into desired shapes. Bake on greased baking sheets in moderate oven, 350 degrees F, 8 to 10 minutes.
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