Ingredients:

4	Cup	Flour
1	Cup	Sugar
½	Cup	Shortening
½	Tsp	Cloves
1	Cup	Milk
1/2	Cup	Unsweetened cocoa
1	Cup	Walnuts, chopped
2	Tsp	Baking powder
½	Tsp	Baking soda
1	Oz	Whiskey
Frosting:
2	Tbl	Butter
2	Tbl	Milk
1	Tsp	Unsweetened cocoa
2	Cups	Confectioners sugar
1/2	Oz	Whiskey
½	Tsp	vanilla

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350ºF. Grease and lightly flour a baking sheet.

In a large bowl, Combine flour, sugar, shortening, cloves, milk, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda and whiskey, mix well. Add nuts and mix well. Dough will be thick. Roll dough into balls the size of walnuts and place on prepared baking sheet. Bake for 20 minutes or until set. Remove to wire rack to cool.

Meanwhile in a sauce pan, mix together all the frosting ingredients, heat over low heat, stirring to blend well until smooth and melted. Dip top of cookies into frosting, set bake on wire racks to set. Store in air tight container

 

Yields

3 dozen cookies