Soft Sugar Cookies (Southern Cream Cookies)

1 c Shortening

2 c Sugar

3 lg Eggs; well beaten

1 ts Vanilla

1 c Sour cream

5 c Flour; sifted

3 ts Baking powder

1 ts Salt

1/2 ts Baking soda

1 1/2 c Walnuts; * chopped

3 tb Sugar; blended with

1 ts Cinnamon

1. Heat oven to 350 deg. Grease cookie sheets.

2. Cream shortening and sugar. Add eggs, vanilla and sour cream; mix

well. 3. Sift together flour, baking powder, salt and soda; add to creamed

mixture. Mix well. 4. Add chopped nuts, if desired.

5. Drop from teaspoon onto greased cookie sheet, 1 inch apart.

6. Grease bottom of small glass; dip into sugar-cinnamon mixture, and

press cookie flat. 7. Bake at 350 deg. for 15 min. Makes 6 dozen cookies.

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