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     Title: KRISPIE COOKIES BY FRANCES
Categories: Cookies
     Yield: 12 servings

   1/2 c  Shortening (can)
     1 c  Brown Sugar
     2    Eggs
     2 c  All-Purpose Flour
     1 ts Cream of Tartar
     4 c  Rice Krispies
          Chocolate chips (if desired)
   1/2 c  Butter
     1 c  White Sugar
     1 ts Vanilla
     1 ts Baking Soda
     1 ts Salt
          Nuts (if desired)

 Cream shortening, margarine with sugars. Add eggs and vanilla. Sift
 dry ingredients together, add to the above, then add cereal and blend
 in gently. Drop on un-greased cookie sheet, by teaspoon. Bake at 350
 degrees for 12 to 15 minutes

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