Lard cookies

 
                                LARD COOKIES
 
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 Serving Size  : 1    Preparation Time :0:00
 Categories    : Cookies
 
   Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
 --------  ------------  --------------------------------
           ---           ----COWPOKES' COOKBOOK -- ACE
                         REID---------------
    1       c            Lard
      1/2   c            Sugar
    1       c            Buttermilk
      1/2   ts           Baking soda
    1       t            Salt
    1       t            Nutmeg
    1                    Heaping teaspoon baking
                         -powder
    3       c            Flour (or enough flour to
                         -make a soft dough which
                         -will
                         -hold together for
                         -rolling)
 
   Melt lard; then cool until lukewarm. Sift all dry
   ingredients together. Add lard to dry ingredients. Add
   buttermilk. Mix well. Roll dough to 1/2 inch thickness
   on floured board. Cut large round cookies. Cook until
   brown, about 12 minutes.
   
   Recipe from Bob Totten
   
   "This recipe has been handed down three generations.
   Grandma Totten said that the "new" shortenings just
   didn't work as well as lard - besides lard's cheaper"
   
   Nutritional Information per serving:  xx calories, xx
   gm protein, xx gm carbohydrate, xx gm fat,  x%
   Calories from fat,  x mg chol,  xx mg sodium, x g
   dietary fiber
   
   Posted on GEnie Food & Wine RT Oct 04, 1993 by
   COOKIE-LADY [Cookie]
   
   MM by MMCONV and Sylvia Steiger, GEnie THE.STEIGERS,
   CI$ 71511,2253, Internet sylvia.steiger@lunatic.com,
   moderator of GT Cookbook and PlanoNet Lowfat &
   Luscious echoes
  
 
 
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