Easter Cookies

Directions

1. 1
   Preheat the oven 325F and grease a baking sheet.
2. 2
   Cream the butter and sugar until light and fluffy and beat in the egg yolk.
3. 3
   Sieve the flour and fold into the mixture together with the mixed spice, currants and candied peel.
4. 4
   Add just enough milk to make a stiff dough.
5. 5
   Roll out the dough and cut out the cookies with a fluted cutter.
6. 6
   Place them on the prepared baking sheet and bake for about 10 minutes.
7. 7
   Remove, brush with the egg white, sprinkle with sugar and return to the oven for 5-10 minutes until they are a pale golden brown.
8. 8
   Remove from the tray and cool on a wire rack.