Chinese Almond Cookies

Ingredients

• 1 cup vegetable shortening
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 egg
• 3 tablespoons almond extract
• 1 tablespoon honey
• 3 cups flour
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1 cup whole blanched almonds

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease 2 large cookie sheets.
2. In a large mixer bowl, cream shortening and sugar. Add egg, almond extract and honey and beat until light and fluffy; scraping sides of bowl occasionally. Combine flour and baking soda; gradually add to creamed mixture until well blended.
3. To form cookies, break off pieces of dough about the size of a walnut and roll into a ball. Place on cookie sheet and flatten with a spatula into a thick cookie. Place almond in centers.
4. Bake 7-8 minutes. Do not brown.