Almond Cookies, Red Dot

Ingredients

375 gr flour
5 gr baking soda
1 egg
3 gr almond extract
200 gr sugar
260 gr shortening

Instructions

Red food color Sift flour and soda together. Beat the egg and add the extract to the egg. Cream sugar with shortening; add egg; mix thoroughly. Add dry ingredients gradually. Roll into balls 3 cm in diameter. Place 3 cm apart on greased cookie sheet. Press thumb gently in center of top of each ball. Touch depression with red coloring. Bake dozen minutes at 350 degrees. ----