Vanilla Rolled Cookies

Ingredients

• 3% cups flour
• 142 cups sugar
• 2 eggs, well beaten
• 1 cup shortening
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• Y2 teaspoon salt
• 14% teaspoons vanilla

Method

1. 1

   Sift flour; measure; add baking powder and salt; sift again.

2. 2

   Cream shortening; add sugar gradually and continue to beat until light.

3. 3

   Add well beaten eggs and blend thoroughly, add vanilla.

4. 4

   Combine the dry ingredients and the creamed mixture; mix all thoroughly and chill.

5. 5

   Roll as thin as possible on a lightly floured board and cut with cookie cutter.

6. 6

   Or form small balls of the dough and place on a greased baking sheet; flatten with bottom of glass tumbler, first greased and then dipped in sugar; or with the palm of the hand, floured; or with the tines of a silver fork, pressing the balls down twice with the markings at right angles.

7. 7

   Sprinkle with sugar, chopped nuts, or coconut.

8. 8

   Bake in a hot oven (400°) for 6 to 10 minutes.

9. 9

   Yield: about 6 dozen thin cookies.

Nutrition per serving

As published

This recipe was extracted from Quaker recipes (1954) by High Point Friends Meeting. Woman's Auxiliary, page 27. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

VANILLA ROLLED COOKIES 3% cups flour 142 cups sugar 1 teaspoon baking powder 2 eggs, well beaten Y2 teaspoon salt 14% teaspoons vanilla 1 cup shortening

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