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Recipe
Cookies
Ingredients
½ cup butter
½ cup vegetable shortening
1 cups sugar
1 egg
1 teaspoons vanilla
½ teaspoon baking soda
½ teaspoon nutmeg
½ orange rind (approx. 2 teaspoons)
2½ cups flour
Method
1. Preheat oven to 350°.
2. Prepare and grease cookie sheets.
3. Sift flour, baking soda, and nutmeg together; set aside.
4. Cream butter and sugar.
5. Add eggs, vanilla and orange rind.
6. Add dry ingredients.
7. Scoop up dough with a teaspoon, roll out in the palm of your hand into a ball, place on cookie sheet and press with a sugar coated fork.
8. Bake for approximately 10 minutes or until done and nicely brown.
9. Remove immediately from baking sheet onto a wire rack.
10. Cool completely and serve accordingly. Store in an air tight container.
Cookies were made and prepared by Shirley-Ann Pearman
Photography by Shirley-Ann Pearman
This recipe originated from a recipe in which my mother (Betty Ming) made for many years.
