Recipe - Newport News Nuggets Finalist

One half cup Shortening (vegetable oil)
One half teaspoon Salt
One half teaspoon Lemon juice
One half teaspoon Nutmeg
1 cup Sugar
2 Eggs; well beaten
2 tablespoon Milk
2 cup Flour; sifted
1 teaspoon Baking powder
One half teaspoon Baking soda
Decorator icing; various
colors

Mix vegetable oil, salt, lemon juice, nutmeg and sugar. Add eggs, milk and
flour sifted with baking powder and soda. Drop by teaspoonfuls onto greased
cookie sheet, about 2 inches apart. Gently press each cookie flat with the
bottom of a glass that has been moistened and dipped in sugar. Bake in
375degree oven for 8 to 10 minutes, until golden brown around edges. Do
not overbake.

When cool, use decorator icing to write "100" on each cookie, in honor of
the Century Celebration.

NOTES : Jo Joynes of Suffolk "This cookie has been in our family for many
years, passed down from `Grandma Coltrane.'
Recipe by: Newport News' Centennial Cookie Contest

Posted to MCRecipe Digest V1 #834 by Sue suechef@sover.net on Oct 09,
1997