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     Title: Ruth's Sugar Cookies
Categories: Cookies
     Yield: 1 servings

 1 1/3 c  Sugar
 1 1/3 c  Shortening
     4    Eggs
     2 ts Vanilla
     4 c  Flour
     1 ts Salt
     4 ts Baking powder

   Cream sugar and shortening together until creamy.  Add vanilla and eggs,
 mixing well.  In a separate bowl, mix together flour, salt and baking
 powder.  Add wet ingredients, mixing well.
   Place teaspoonfuls of dough on ungreased cookie sheet and bake at 350 F.
 for 10 - 12 minutes or until just barely browned. Let cool on cookie sheet
 about 1 minute and then dip top of each cookie into a bowl of sugar,
 coating the entire top. Place on cooling rack to cool completely.
   Recipe from Ruth Burlingame

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