Grandma's Cookies
 
 
This old fashioned cookie is well worth the effort. Cake-like in texture, this cookie evokes memories of days gone by and visiting with good friends and family.
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Recipe type: Cookies
Ingredients
  • 1 cup white sugar
  • 2 cups brown sugar
  • 1 cup shortening
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 4 whole eggs
  • 2 cups canned milk
  • 5½ to 6 cups flour (sometimes even more if it is humid)
  • *optional chopped walnuts or pecans Grandma's Frosting
  • 1 square butter softened
  • 2 Tablespoons flour
  • 1½ package powdered sugar
  • canned milk to desired consistency
Instructions
  1. Cream together sugar and shortening. Add salt, soda, vanilla and eggs just until blended. Carefully incorporate flour and milk. Add chopped nuts if desired and reserve a few for sprinkling on the top of the cookies if you are nutty. Scrape down the sides of the bowl periodically to make sure that you the dough has mixed up nice and even. Refrigerate overnight or at least two hours.
  2. Drop by tablespoonfuls onto a greased or parchment-lined cookie sheet.
  3. Bake at 350 degrees until the edges brown and the top of the cookie springs back when touched.
  4. Cool until just slightly warm and frost with vanilla frosting. Top with chopped nuts as desired.
Recipe by Sweet Suppertime at https://www.sweetsuppertime.com/?p=12