498795 aunt catherine's italian cookies

2 1/2 c  flour
      6 oz Cream
      3    Eggs
      1 c  Crisco
      2 tb Almond extract
      1 tb Cinnamon
  1 1/2 c  Sugar
      6 oz Milk
      1    Stick oleo
      3 tb baking powder
      1 c  Nuts, chopped
           ICING:--
      1    Box powdered sugar
      1    Stick of butter or oleo
           -Food coloring
 
  Cream oleo, Crisco and sugar.  Add eggs, almond extract, cinnamon,
  cream and milk.  Mix in nuts and baking powder and flour.  Roll small
  balls into long rolls, then kind of flatten it.  Slice in 1/2 inch
  pieces. Put on cookie sheet.  Bake until done at 350 degrees.
  
  Mix melted butter and powdered sugar.  Put in small containers and add
  different food colorings.  Spread on cooled cookies and let harden.
  Then put in canned containers.  Can store for months.