Recipe Almond Shortbread Cookies (Mantecaditos) (Cookie)

Required Ingredients:

• 2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/4 teaspoon McCormick® Ground Nutmeg
• 3/4 cup butter
• 1/4 cup vegetable shortening
• 1 1/2 teaspoons McCormick® Almond Extract
• 1/2 teaspoon McCormick® Vanilla Extract
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 5 maraschino cherries

Preparing/Cooking:

• Place oven rack in middle position of the oven.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• In a medium bowl, combine flour and nutmeg; set aside.
• In a large bowl, beat butter, shortening and extracts with an electric mixer until smooth.
• Gradually add sugar to butter mixture and cream until mixture is light.
• Blend in flour mixture.
• Dough should be slightly moist.
• If dough looks dry, sprinkle with water and work into dough.
• If dough is sticky, sprinkle with additional flour.
• Spoon dough by teaspoons and form into balls.
• Place on an ungreased baking sheet.
• Gently press each ball with palm of hand to form cookie.
• Cut each cherry into 8 pieces.
• Garnish with a cherry piece placed in the center of each cookie.
• Bake 20 minutes or until golden.
• Cool cookies on a wire rack.

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