Grandma's caramel cookies

1 Dozen

Ingredients

QuantityIngredient
cupPillsbury's Best All-Purpose flour
1teaspoonBaking powder
½teaspoonSalt
¼teaspoonSoda
cupFirmly packed brown sugar
½cupShortening
½cupButter, softened
1Egg
cupEvaporated milk
1teaspoonVanilla extract
Sugar to sprinkle

Directions

Preheat oven to 400. In large mixer bowl combine all ingredients except granulated sugar. Blend well. Chill dough for easier handling.

Roll out half at a time on floured surface to ⅛-inch thickness. Cut into rounds with a 2½-inch cutter. Place on ungreased cookie sheets.

Sprinkle with sugar.

Bake at 400 for 8 to 10 minutes until light golden brown.

SOURCE: Pillsbury's Bake Off Cookie Book (Copyright 1967) Posted to Bakery-Shoppe Digest V1 #224 by novmom@... (Angela Gilliland) on Sep 07, 1997