Rolled Spiced Christmas Cookies

Ingredients

Preheat oven to 400°.
Sift together the flour, sugar, allspice and cinnamon.
Cut in butter until mixture resembles coarse meal.
Stir in eggs and water, mixing well. (Dough will be stiff, but don’t add more water!).
Chill for 1 hour.
Roll to 1/8” thickness onto a lightly floured surface.
Cut with assorted cookie cutters.
Bake on ungreased cookie sheets for 7-8 minutes or until lightly browned around the edges.
Cool on wire racks.
Frost as desired with confectioners’ sugar icing.
Decorate with colored sugar, cinnamon drops and bits of candied fruit.
Makes 10-12 dozen cookies.