Half-Moon Cookies
3/4 cup shortening (crisco butter-flavored sticks recommended)
1 1/3 cups sugar
2 eggs
½ to ¾ teaspoon vanilla (depending on your taste)
3 ½ cups flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 cup sour milk (To make sour milk (buttermilk) : mix 1 tablespoon white vinegar to 1 cup of milk)
Preheat oven to 375. Beat shortening and sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs and vanilla and beat well. Mix in dry ingredients alternating with sour milk until batter is smooth.
Drop from tablespoon onto greased cookiesheet ; smooth tops to flatten out a little (use sheet of plastic wrap over to press slightly then remove). Bake at 375 for 10-15 minutes, depending on size; cookies should be pretty light (almost white/pale yellow) in color. Cool on baking sheet for 2-3 minutes then remove to cooling rack, bottom side up. .
Frost on flat side of cookie (buttercream recommended).
3/4 cup shortening (crisco butter-flavored sticks recommended)
1 1/3 cups sugar
2 eggs
½ to ¾ teaspoon vanilla (depending on your taste)
3 ½ cups flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 cup sour milk (To make sour milk (buttermilk) : mix 1 tablespoon white vinegar to 1 cup of milk)
Preheat oven to 375. Beat shortening and sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs and vanilla and beat well. Mix in dry ingredients alternating with sour milk until batter is smooth.
Drop from tablespoon onto greased cookiesheet ; smooth tops to flatten out a little (use sheet of plastic wrap over to press slightly then remove). Bake at 375 for 10-15 minutes, depending on size; cookies should be pretty light (almost white/pale yellow) in color. Cool on baking sheet for 2-3 minutes then remove to cooling rack, bottom side up. .
Frost on flat side of cookie (buttercream recommended).
