Almond cookies, red dot

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       Title: Almond Cookies, Red Dot
  Categories: Cookies
       Yield: 54 servings
  
       3 c  Flour
       1 ts Baking soda
       1    Egg
       1 ts Almond extract
       1 c  Sugar
   1 1/3 c  Shortening
            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 1" in diameter. Place 1" apart on
   greased cookie sheet. Press thumb gently in center of top of each ball.
   Touch depression with red coloring. Bake 12 minutes at 350 degrees.
  
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