Ingredients:

4 eggs, well beaten

2 cups white sugar

1 cup butter

4 cups white flour

2 tsp baking soda

2 tsp cream of tartar

1 tsp vanilla

1/2 tsp nutmeg

6 cups icing sugar

1 cup butter

1/2 milk

2 tsp almond extract

several drops of food coloring

Directions:

1. Cream together the eggs, vanilla, sugar, and butter. Sift together dry ingredients and add to the creamed mixture. Mix well.

2. Spray a jelly roll pan with baking spray and spread cookie dough evenly to all sides. *A jelly roll pan is 17-1/2' x 12-1/2' x 1' deep. It is a baking sheet with sides so the batter does not slip off. A lot of people use jelly roll pans as cookie sheets.

3. Bake in the oven at 375 degrees for 15 minutes or so, until top is golden.

4. Icing: 6 cups icing sugar (can add a bit more to stiffen icing) (1 cup butter, 1/2 milk, 2 tsp almond extract, several drops of food coloring).

5. Whip together icing ingredients until light and fluffy.

6. Spread evenly over cooled cookie bars.

7. Slice cookie bars and serve.

Bon Appetit!