Recipe - Ammonia Cookies

One half cup Shortening
1 One half cup Sugar
1 Egg
5 One half cup Pastry flour
Three fourths teaspoon Salt
1 cup Milk
1 One half teaspoon Oil of lemon*
2 teaspoon Ammonium carbonate*

Directions: * may be purchased in a drug store. Cream shortening and add
sugar. Add egg and oil of lemon. Mix. Sift flour before measuring. Measure
flour and sift with salt. Dissolve ammonium carbonatein a little of the
milk. Add flour and liquid alternately mixing after each addition. Chill
dough. Roll 1/4" thick. Cut in squares. Place on greased baking sheet.
Sprinkle cookies lightly with sugar. Bake 1215 mins. in a 375 oven. Yields
8 doz. 2"squares.

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