Surprises

Ingredients

• one-half cup shortening
• one cup sugar
• one egg
• one tablespoon milk
• one teaspoon vanilla
• about two cups sifted flour
• one-half teaspoon salt
• one and one-half teaspoon baking powder

Method

1. 1

   Cream shortening until light and gradually add sugar.

2. 2

   Add egg, milk, and vanilla.

3. 3

   Add flour to which has been added salt and baking powder.

4. 4

   Chill, then cut into rounds and place on half of these desired filling.

5. 5

   Wet edges slightly, top with second cookie, press down onto first cookie, place on greased cookie sheet and bake in moderate oven—350° for 10 or 15 minutes.

6. 6

   Makes about two dozen.

Nutrition per serving

As published

This recipe was extracted from Natchez recipes (1900), page 9. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

SURPRISES Cream one-half cup shortening until light and gradually add one cup sugar. Add one egg, one tablespoon milk and one teaspoon vanilla. Add about two cups sifted flour to which has been added one-half teaspoon salt and one and one-half teaspoon baking powder

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