Recipe - Cowboy Cookies

1 One half cup Flour
One fourth teaspoon Salt
1 cup Brown sugar
1/3 cup Shortening

Combine flour, sugar and shortening; mix well; mix until crumbly. Remove
One fourth cup to sprinkle over top. To the remaining crumbs, add:

1 tsp. baking powder One fourth tsp. baking soda One fourth tsp. cinnamon One fourth tsp. nutmeg

Mix well. Add:

One half cup sour milk 1 wellbeaten egg

Mix thoroughly. Pour into a wellgreased and floured 8inch square pan.
Sprinkle with reserve crumbs. Bake at 375 deg. F. for 2025 minutes.

(Note: for sour milk, add 1 TBS lemon juice or vinegar to 1 cup milk, let
set several minutes.)

NOTE:This recipe has been in my family since I was in 9th grade home ec
class years ago. I make it just once a year, on Christmas morning.

Recipe by: mbarney@chinook.halcyon.com (Marilyn J. Barney)

Posted to recipeludigest Volume 01 Number 565 by "M. Hicks"
nitro_ii@email.msn.com on Jan 20, 1998