Lucky Leaves

• 1/2 cup butter or margarine
• 2 cups firmly packed brown sugar
• 2 eggs, well beaten
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
• 1/2 cup cold strong brewed coffee
• Red hot cinnamon candies
• Green maraschino cherries, cut into strips

1. Cream butter in a large mixing bowl; gradually add sugar, beating well. Beat in eggs and vanilla, mixing well.
2. Sift together flour, baking powder, salt, nutmeg, and cloves 4 times. Stir into creamed mixture alternately with coffee, beginning and ending with flour mixture. Cover and chill overnight.
3. Divide dough into fourths. Work with one portion of dough at a time, keeping remaining dough chilled until ready to use. Roll to 1/3-inch thickness on a heavily floured surface. Cut with a clover leaf cutter.
4. Place 1 inch apart on lightly greased cookie sheets. Place 3 cinnamon candies in center of each cookie; place a cherry strip in center as a stem. Bake at 450u0b0 for 5 to 7 minutes. Remove from cookie sheets, and cool on wire racks. Repeat procedure with remaining dough.

butter, brown sugar, eggs, vanilla, allpurpose, baking powder, salt, ground nutmeg, ground cloves, coffee, red hot cinnamon, green maraschino cherries

Taken from www.myrecipes.com/recipe/lucky-leaves (may not work)