1 cup butter
1 cup brown sugar
1 cup corn syrup
4 cups flour, sifted
1 teaspoon cardamon
1 teaspoon cloves
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon allspice
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 tablespoon orange peel grated
1 cup almonds slivered
Melt butter (or margarine); add sugar and corn syrup. Remove from heat. Sift flour, cardamom, cloves, salt, allspice, and cinnamon; add to butter-sugar mixture. Stir in orange rind. Mold dough into two long rolls each about 15 inches long. Refrigerate. Dough improves in flavor if allowed to remain in refrigerator for up to three weeks before baking. When ready to bake, cut dough into thin slices and place slices on greased cookie sheet. Decorate each cookie with blanched almonds. Bake at 375 degrees F. for 8 minutes. Cool on wire rack. Store in tightly covered container. Makes 10 dozen cookies.