Kim’s Sugar Cookies

Kim’s Sugar Cookies

2 eggs
2/3 cup shortening
2/3 cup butter
1 ½ cups sugar
2 teaspoons vanilla
3 ½ cups flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon salt

Cream together shortening, butter and sugar.  Add eggs and vanilla.  Mix flour, baking powder and salt then add to creamed mixture.  Roll out and cut into shapes.  Bake at 375 for about 8 minutes.

    From Kim Davidson

Pecan Balls

Pecan Balls

1 cup butter (not margarine)
2 1/4 cups flour
1/3 cup sugar
1 Tbsp water
1 tsp vanilla
1 cup chopped pecans
1 cup sifted powdered sugar

Cream butter.  Add sugar and half the flour.  Add water and vanilla.  Add remaining flour and stir well.  Mixture will seem dry.  Stir in pecans.  Shape into 1 inch balls or crescents.  Place on an ungreased cookie sheet.  Bake in a 325 F oven about 20 minutes or till bottoms are lightly browned.  Cook cookies on a wire rack.  Gently roll cookies in powdered sugar or gently shake in a bag with powdered sugar.  Makes about 36.

Oatmeal Cookies

Oatmeal Cookies

3/4 cup shortening        1 tsp salt
1 cup brown sugar        1 tsp vanilla
½ cup white sugar        ½ tsp baking soda
1/4 cup water            1 cup flour
1 egg                3 cups quick oats

Cream shortening.  Add sugars.  Add water and egg and mix all together until creamy.  Add dry ingredients and mix well.   Scoop by Tbsp onto ungreased cookie sheet, about 2 inches apart.  Bake at 350 F for approximately 10 minutes (just so the centers are barely cooked).  Remove from oven, let cool on cookie sheet about 5 minutes.

From the files of Lisa Phillips