Vanilla Nut Sliced Cookies Recipe
This recipe is from an old cookbook, All About Home
Baking, General Foods Corporation, 1963.
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VANILLA NUT SLICED COOKIES
Crisp, buttery cookies that can be sliced and baked as
you need them.
2 cups sifted flour
1-1/2 teaspoons Calumet Baking Powder
1/8 teaspoon salt
6 tablespoons shortening
1 cup granulated sugar
1/4 cup firmly packed brown sugar
1 egg, well beaten
1 cup chopped nuts
1 tablespoon milk
1-1/2 teaspoons vanilla
Sift flour, baking powder, and salt together. Cream
shortening; add sugars gradually, creaming thoroughly.
Add egg, nuts, milk, and vanilla; mix well. Add flour
gradually, mixing well after each addition. Shape into
rolls, 1-1/2 inches in diameter, and wrap in wax paper.
Chill overnight, or until firm enough to slice. Cut in
1/8-inch slices; bake on ungreased baking sheets in hot oven
(425°F.) 5 minutes, or until
done. Makes about 8 dozen cookies.
Butterscotch Sliced Cookies. Use recipe for
Vanilla Nut Sliced Cookies, substituting brown sugar for
granulated sugar. Use a total of 1-1/4 cups firmly
packed brown sugar.
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