Ingredients
This recipe comes from Donna Larsen Cooley of Newton, Utah.
Directions
5 cups flour
3 or 4 tablespoons lard
Mix as you do for pie crust, only not as rich
Add to flour:
1 big cup sugar
1 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons baking powder
Mix:
2 beaten eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 pint sour cream mixed with 1 teaspoon soda
Add above liquid to flour mixture. Make a soft dough, roll, cut (or drop by spoonfuls) and bake at 350 degrees for 8 to 10 minutes. Makes 8 dozen cookies. From "Pioneer Recipes & Remedies" by Millie Foster Cheesman, International Society Daughters of Utah Pioneers.