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Cookies

Sugar Cookies

Vanilla Moore (Gram) and Sandy Jones

01

Ingredients

  • 1 1/2 cup shortening
  • 1 1/4 cup sugar
  • 3 eggs
  • 3 tablespoon milk
  • 1 tablespoon lemon flavoring
  • 3 3/4 cup flour
  • 3/4 teaspoon baking powder
  • 3/4 teaspoon salt
  • Raisins (optional)
  • Sugar

02

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees F.
  2. Mix shortening, sugar and eggs.
  3. Stir in milk and lemon flavoring.
  4. Stir in flour, baking powder and salt.
  5. Chill dough.
  6. Roll dough to no less than 1/4" thick. Cut with large biscuit cutter or large drinking glass (baked cookies are 3" to 31/2" in diameter). Sprinkle with granulated sugar and (optional) put raisin in center of cookie.
  7. Bake at 325 degrees for 8-10 minutes.

Transcribed from Cookies.docx, page 5.