Crunchy Nut Cookies

Ingredients

• 1 cup white sugar
• 1 cup brown sugar, packed
• ½ cup soft shortening
• 2 eggs
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 3 cup sifted Gold Medal flour
• 1 tsp soda
• ½ tsp salt
• 1 cup chopped nuts

Method

1. Heat the oven to 375 degrees (quick moderate). Mix thoroughly the sugars, shortening, eggs and vanilla.
2. Sift together the flour, soda and salt and stir in. Add the nuts.
3. Shape 1 level tablespoon of dough into balls. Place on an ungreased baking sheet. Flatten with the bottom of a greased glass dipped in sugar. Bake 8 to 10 minutes.

Notes

The kind you can't resist. Pack well in the lunch box; go fast after school with a glass of milk. Makes about 5 dozen. From Betty Crocker (Gold Medal Flour).

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