5 in 1 Cookies
Source of Recipe
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List of Ingredients
- 1 1/2 c. shortening
- 3 c. brown sugar, sifted
- 2 eggs, well beaten
- 2 tsp. vanilla
- 1/2 tsp. salt
- 4 tsp. baking powder
- 6 c. cake flour
Instructions
- Cream shortening and siftef sugar. Add eggs and flavoring. Combine and sift dry ingredients. Add to creamed mixture, kneading in last flour. Divid into five equal parts and vary each as follows.
- CHOCOLATE: Add 2 squares melted chocolate (Bake 10 minutes)
- SPICE: Add 1/2 tsp. cinnamon and 1/4 tsp. nutmeg. (Bake 9 minutes)
- FRUIT: Add 1/2 c. finely chopped dried or candied fruits (dates, raisins, figs, currants, apricots, prunes, cherries, candied fruit peel). (Bake 14 minutes)
- NUT: Add 1/3 c. finely chopped nuts. (Bake 12 minutes)
- COCONUT: Add 1/3 c. shredded coconut. (Bake 10 minutes)
- Wrap each variety in waxed paper or plastic wrap and chill thoroughly. When firm, slice very thin and bake at 375 degrees for amount of time shown on each variation.
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