Almond Cookies

• 1 cup shortening
• 3 cups flour
• 1 cup sugar
• ½ tsp. salt
• 1 tsp. almond extract
• ½ tsp. soda
• 1 egg

Mix dry ingredients together and cut in shortening. Add unbeaten egg and extract and knead until absorbed. Break off dough to size of an egg and shape into circles 1 inch in diameter then place ½ inch apart with an almond nut on top of each. Bake in oven at 300 degrees F. for 5 minutes, then 350 degrees F. for 20 minutes.