*  Exported from  MasterCook  *

                               LARD COOKIES

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Serving Size  : 1    Preparation Time :0:00
Categories    : Cookies

  Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
--------  ------------  --------------------------------
          ---           ----COWPOKES' COOKBOOK -- ACE
                        REID---------------
   1       c            Lard
     1/2   c            Sugar
   1       c            Buttermilk
     1/2   ts           Baking soda
   1       t            Salt
   1       t            Nutmeg
   1                    Heaping teaspoon baking
                        -powder
   3       c            Flour (or enough flour to
                        -make a soft dough which
                        -will
                        -hold together for
                        -rolling)

  Melt lard; then cool until lukewarm. Sift all dry
  ingredients together. Add lard to dry ingredients. Add
  buttermilk. Mix well. Roll dough to 1/2 inch thickness
  on floured board. Cut large round cookies. Cook until
  brown, about 12 minutes.
  
  Recipe from Bob Totten
  
  "This recipe has been handed down three generations.
  Grandma Totten said that the "new" shortenings just
  didn't work as well as lard - besides lard's cheaper"
  
  Nutritional Information per serving:  xx calories, xx
  gm protein, xx gm carbohydrate, xx gm fat,  x%
  Calories from fat,  x mg chol,  xx mg sodium, x g
  dietary fiber
  
  Posted on GEnie Food & Wine RT Oct 04, 1993 by
  COOKIE-LADY [Cookie]
  
  MM by MMCONV and Sylvia Steiger, GEnie THE.STEIGERS,
  CI$ 71511,2253, Internet sylvia.steiger@lunatic.com,
  moderator of GT Cookbook and PlanoNet Lowfat &
  Luscious echoes
 


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