Instructions: 1. Sift flour, sugar, salt and baking powder together.

2. With pastry blender cut in shortening.

3. Beat egg.

4. Add egg and almond extract to flour mixture.

5. Stir with fork.

6. Stir until dough is in small pieces

7. Form dough into a big ball.

8. Form dough into large marbles.

9. Place on ungreased cookie sheets.

10. Poke each ball with finger.

11. With chopstick dot each cookie with red food coloring.

12. Bake for 15 minutes at 350 degrees.

13. Should be lightly brown and 1 1/2" in diameter.

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