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1 c. sweet (unsalted) butter 1/2 c. Crisco 2 c. sugar 2 eggs, beaten 6 c. flour 4 tsp. baking powder 1 tsp. salt 1/2 tsp. cinnamon or nutmeg 1 c. heavy cream 2 tsp. vanilla Beaten egg Sesame seeds Cream butter and shortening until fluffy. Gradually beat in sugar. Beat in eggs. Sift together flour, baking powder, salt, and spices, and stir into egg mixture, alternating with the cream and vanilla. Shape dough with floured hands into shapes as below. Place on cookie sheet, and brush with beaten egg; sprinkle with sesame seeds. Bake at 350 degrees for about 15 minutes or until golden brown. Recipe makes approx: 6 - 8 dozen very small cookies; less if you make them larger. NOTE: These cookies are very good with coffee, and can be stored in tins for quite a long period of time. SHAPES: Roll out a thin strip of dough and form into traditional shapes of an O, S, 8, and C or crescent. This recipe is from an actual cookbook printed by Fundcraft Publishing! 1,000,000+ free recipes and free software at: Cookbooks.com! Accuracy is believed to be good, but is not guaranteed. This recipe posting is intended for personal use only. You can print a copy for yourself and/or your friends, but you cannot publish it or post it to any Internet or other public site without our permission. |