Ingredients:

• 1 quart sorghum 
• 1 lb brown sugar
• 3/4 lb butter, softened
• 3/4 lb lard, softened
• 1 lb blanched almonds. ground
• 1/4 lb citron, finely chopped
• 1/4 cup brandy
• 1 tsp cinnamon
• 1 tsp nutmeg
• 1 tsp cloves
• 4 tsp anise seed, ground
• 3 eggs, beaten
• 3 tsp soda
• 13 cups flour

Heat sorghum.
Add soda
Remove from heat.

Stir in shortening
Add dry ingredients and brandy

Let stand in cool place for 5 days before baking to allow ingredients to blend

Roll out thin and cut into diamond shapes.

Bake at 375°F.  Watch closely.

Frost with powdered sugar and water frosting.

NOTE:
This cookie is a lot of work.  Once made, you will probably only make it once a year after that.