Title: Basic Lard Sugar Cookies
Categories: Cookie
Yield: 18 Cookies

3/4	c	Lard
3/4	c	Sugar (I'd substitute tightly packed brown sugar here for to
1		Egg
1	ts	Vanilla
1	ts	Baking powder
2	c	Flour

Beat the lard, sugar and egg together until creamy and well blended. Stir in the vanilla, and add the baking powder and flour until a dough is formed. (At this point, you could stir in some nuts and chocolate chips to make this into toll house dough)

Form dough into balls about 1 inch in diameter, and place on a cookie sheet. (Leave plenty of room between the cookies, as they will spread considerably when baking). Flatten the balls slightly with your fingers to make a round cookie. (For sugar cookies, sprinkle the top with a bit of sugar.) Bake in a preheated 350 oven until the edges are nicely brown. Remove and let cool.

Makes about 18 cookies

Since I haven't actually tried a toll house version of this, you're gonna have to fuss with the quantity of chips and nuts you need, but it might give you something close to the cookie you remember. Let me know how it turns out. Kathy Pitts in Bryan, TX

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