4 all favorite christmas Recipes

flour (all-purpose), salt, sugar, almonds (unblanched, finely chopped ), almond extract, egg yolk, butter, softened, chocolate chips (semisweet), butter, water, hot but not boiling

butter, room temperature (don tsp substitute margarine, here.), sugar, all purpose flour (don tsp substitute self-rising; it will ruin the cookie.), salt, pecans, coarsely chopped, vanilla extract, sugar to roll cookies in

egg, granulated sugar, vegetable oil, vanilla extract, buttermilk, all-purpose flour, baking soda, salt, chopped pecans, chopped well drained maraschino cherry (best to use the candied ones from a jar,), raisins (optional) or 1/2 cup chopped dates (optional), semi-sweet chocolate chips