astray recipes: Coffee drop cookies

Categories: Cookies
Yield: 6 Servings

Measure	Ingredient
1 cup	Sugar
½ cup	Shortening
1	Egg, well beaten
½ teaspoon	Baking soda
½ cup	Chopped nuts
1 teaspoon	Cloves
¾ cup	Cold coffee
¼ teaspoon	Salt
1 teaspoon	Baking powder
½ cup	Chopped raisins
½ teaspoon	Cinnamon
1 teaspoon	Vanilla
2 cups	Flour

Cream shortening and sugar. Add egg. Mix thoroughly. Sift flour, measure, and sift with baking soda, salt, baking powder, and spices.

Add alternately with coffee to first mixture. Add raisins, nuts, and flavoring. Mix thoroughly. Add additional flour if necessary to make a drop cookie dough. Drop by teaspoonfuls onto well-oiled baking sheet. Bake in moderate oven (400 F) about 15 minutes. 36 servings.

If desired, 1 cup soy or lima bean flour may be substituted for 1 cup flour. Mrs. C.E. Tucker, Centerville, IA.

coffee drop cookies