Simple Cookies (Meals for Hard Times)
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- 1 cup butter, margarine, or shortening
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 egg, optional
- 4 cup flour
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 2 tsp. Baking powder
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon, or ½ cup peanut butter(take off half a cup shortening), or 2 teaspoon vanilla
- a handful of any nuts, dried fruit, or oatmeal in the house
Instructions
- Cream shortening and sugar.
- To this can be added an egg if desired.
- Blend flour, baking powder, and salt in a separate bowl with a fork.
- Add remaining ingredients blending quite well.
- Drop by spoonfuls onto cookie sheet.
- Serve these hot cookies for dessert.
Notes
Simple Cookies recipe from Meals for Hard Times. Find all of the recipes in this series on Meals for Hard Times post.
