Instructions: Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy; add egg yolk. Combine soda and whiskey; add to creamed mixture. Add flour, 1 cup at a time; mix and knead by hand, adding enough flour to make a soft dough.

Shape as desired into crescents or oblong balls. Insert a whole clove in center of each cookie. Bake on ungreased cookie wheets at 350 degrees for 20 to 25 minutes. Dust generously with powdered sugar while cookies are warm.

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