Heirloom Walnut Icebox Cookies

• 1/2 pound walnuts
• 2 1/4 cups flour, all-purpose sifted
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon ground
• 1 teaspoon ginger ground
• 1 teaspoon nutmeg ground
• 1/4 teaspoon cloves ground
• 1/4 teaspoon allspice ground
• 1 cup butter
• 1/2 cup sugar granulated
• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 1 each eggs
• 2 tablespoons milk

1. Sift together flour, salt, baking soda, cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, cloves and allspice; set aside.
2. Beat butter until soft.
3. Add both sugars and beat until thoroughly mixed.
4. Beat in egg and milk.
5. Add sifted dry ingredients and beat on low speed until incorporated.
6. Carefully stir in nuts.
7. Spoon out dough to make thick strip about 12 inch long in middle of 20 inch sheet of wax paper.
8. Form into rough log, about 3 inch wide and 1 1/2 inch high, with squared ends.
9. Make loaf as smooth as possible.
10. Place on cookie sheet or and freeze at least 3 hours.
11. For more than few hours, re-wrap bar in aluminum foil.
12. When firm, unwrap loaf and cut in 1/4 inch slices.
13. Place slices about 1 1/2 inch apart on parchment paper-lined cookie sheets.
14. Bake at 375F (190C)., reversing sheets top to bottom and front to back once or twice during baking.
15. When cookies are nicely browned and spring back when gently pressed, about 10 minutes, transfer to racks to cool.
16. Store in airtight containers.

walnuts, flour, salt, baking soda, cinnamon ground, ginger ground, nutmeg ground, cloves ground, allspice ground, butter, sugar, brown sugar, eggs, milk

Taken from recipeland.com/recipe/v/heirloom-walnut-icebox-cookies-42532 (may not work)