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Gumdrop Cookies
Beat until soft ½ cup shortening
Beat in gradually until light and creamy
½ cup brown sugar
½ cup white sugar
1 tsp vanilla
Sift before measuring 1 cup bread flour
Resift with ½ tsp soda, ½ tsp baking powder, ¼ tsp salt.
Sprinkle ¼ of this over
½ cup grated coconut or nits (optional)
½ cup of gumdrops (small or large chopped)
1 cup of quick cooking oatmeal
Beat the sifted ingredients into the butter mixture in about 2 parts alternating with 1 beaten egg. Stir in gumdrops, oatmeal mixture. Pinch off pieces of the dough.
Roll into 1” balls. Flatten them with a spatula dipped in milk. Bake the cookies in a moderate oven (350) for about 10 minutes.
Yield - (40) 2” cookies
Beat until soft ½ cup shortening
Beat in gradually until light and creamy
½ cup brown sugar
½ cup white sugar
1 tsp vanilla
Sift before measuring 1 cup bread flour
Resift with ½ tsp soda, ½ tsp baking powder, ¼ tsp salt.
Sprinkle ¼ of this over
½ cup grated coconut or nits (optional)
½ cup of gumdrops (small or large chopped)
1 cup of quick cooking oatmeal
Beat the sifted ingredients into the butter mixture in about 2 parts alternating with 1 beaten egg. Stir in gumdrops, oatmeal mixture. Pinch off pieces of the dough.
Roll into 1” balls. Flatten them with a spatula dipped in milk. Bake the cookies in a moderate oven (350) for about 10 minutes.
Yield - (40) 2” cookies