Recipe - Standard Refrigerator Cookies

6 cup Flour
4 teaspoon Baking powder
One half teaspoon Salt
1 One half cup Shortening
3 cup Brown sugar
2 Eggs, well beaten
2 teaspoon Vanilla

Stir flour, baking powder and salt together.

Cream shortening and sugar until fluffy. Add eggs and flavoring and mix
well. Add dry ingredients.

Divide dough into 6 equal portions. Leave 1 plain and make the following
variations of remaining dough.

Shape each piece of dough into a roll. Chill. When firm, slice very thin
and bake at 350 degrees for 10 12 minutes.

Chocolate: Add 2 squares of melted chocolate to 1 portion
: of dough and blend well.

Coconut: Add 1/3 cup coconut to 1 portion and mix well.

Fruit: Add 1/3 cup chopped dated, raisins, dried apricots
or figs to 1 portion and mix well.

Nut: Add 1/3 cup finely chopped almonds, pecans, peanuts
or walnuts to 1 portion and mix well.

Spice: Add One half tsp. cinnamon and One fourth tsp. nutmeg to 1 portion
and mix well.

Food coloring can be added.

kmarsolf@acd4.acd.com Katharine Marsolf Applied Computing Devices, Inc.

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