Almond spice cookies # 2

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       Title: Almond Spice Cookies # 2
  Categories: Cookies
       Yield: 18 servings
  
       1 c  Cake flour
     1/4 ts Salt
     1/2 c  Sugar; scant
     1/2 c  Butter; soft
       1 ts Orange zest; grate
       1 lb Egg yolk
       1 ts Ground allspice
       2 tb Ground almonds
       1 lg Egg
  
       Combine flour and 1/8 ts salt on sheet of waxed paper. Set aside.
       Cream sugar, butter and orange zest in mixer until light and fluffy.
   Add egg yolk and combine well. On low speed, add flour mixture, allspice
   and almonds. Mix well. Use 1 tb dough per cookie, spacing them 2" apart on
   greased baking sheet. Gently flatten dough with fingers into 2-inch rounds.
   Froth egg and remaining 1/8 ts salt with fork in small bowl. Lightly brush
   glaze over cookies. (Remaining glaze can be refrigerated up to 5 days and
   used in other baking).
       Bake at 350  until cookies are lightly browned around edges, about 11
   to 12 minutes. Cool 5 minutes on baking sheet, then transfer to wire rack
   to cool completely. Store at room temperature in airtight tin for up to a
   week or freeze up to a month, wrapped airtight (thaw at room temperature in
   wrapping). 99 cal; 6 gr fat; 55% fat. Source: Abby Mandel
  
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