Stone Jar Nut Cookies

Ingredients

• 1 cup shortening
• 2 eggs (well beaten)
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 3 cups sifted flour
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 teaspoon soda
• 1 teaspoon nutmeg
• 1 cup milk
• 2 cups brown sugar (firmly packed)
• 1 cup cut nuts

Method

1. 1

   Combine shortening, salt, vanilla and nutmeg.

2. 2

   Add brown sugar gradually and cream well.

3. 3

   Add beaten eggs and mix thoroughly.

4. 4

   Sift flour with soda.

5. 5

   Add 1/4 of flour to creamed mixture, then add milk, remaining flour and nuts, mixing well.

6. 6

   Drop from teaspoon on greased cookie sheet.

7. 7

   Stamp flat with a glass covered with a wet cloth.

8. 8

   Bake at 375° for 8 to 10 minutes.

Nutrition per serving

As published

This recipe was extracted from Quaker recipes (1954) by High Point Friends Meeting. Woman's Auxiliary, page 29. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

STONE JAR NUT COOKIES 1 cup shortening 2 eggs (well beaten) 1 teaspoon salt 3 cups sifted flour 1 teaspoon vanilla 1 teaspoon soda 1 teaspoon nutmeg % cup milk 2 cups brown sugar (firmly 1 cup cut nuts

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