Our Family Recipes

by Anna Mae Tschirhart Connolly Merkel

Ingredients

• 1 cup shortening
• 1 cup sugar
• 2 cups brown sugar

• 4 eggs
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 4 cups flour, sifted
• 1 cup nuts, chopped
• 1 tsp baking soda

Instructions

1. Cream the shortening, sugar, and brown sugar in a KitchenAid mixing bowl.
2. Add eggs and vanilla.
3. Add flour, nuts, and baking soda.
4. Form 4 rolls on floured wax paper.
5. Let it stay in the fridge overnight.
6. Slice in the morning and bake at 350 degrees for 10 minutes on a greased and floured cookie sheet.