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                              LARD COOKIES

Recipe By     :
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 [email protected],
 moderator of GT Cookbook and PlanoNet Lowfat &
 Luscious echoes



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