2 c Sugar
1/2 c Crisco shortening (I used
-butter!)
1/2 c Butter (1 stick)
2 Eggs
4 1/8 c Flour
2 ts Baking powder
1 c Buttermilk
1 ts Baking soda–dissolved in
-the buttermilk
1 ts Vanilla extract
My co-worker made these cookies for Valentine’s Day using her Grandmother
Nanny Fisher’s recipe and they were wonderful. I made them for my family
and didn’t have any Crisco so I used all butter. Excellent!
Cream together sugar, shortening, and butter. Add eggs and mix thoroughly.
Alternately add some flour and baking powder, then some milk mixture.
Add vanilla. Mix well and refrigerate overnight. (This makes an extremely
sticky dough!) Use an additional cup of flour to roll out. Use flour
liberally. Use a light touch with rolling pin. Cut out cookie shapes. Bake
in a preheated 350 degree oven until top of cookie doesn’t dent when
touched lightly, about 12 minutes. Makes about 4 dozen fairly large
cookies.
Ice with butter and confectioners sugar icing flavored with vanilla and
colored with food coloring.
Yields
1 Servings