lemon pressed cookies (1950)

Name: Lemon Pressed Cookies (1950)
Ingredients: 1 cup(s) vegetable shortening; 1/2 cup(s) white sugar; 1/2 cup(s) brown sugar, firmly packed; 1 - egg , well beaten; 1 teaspoon(s) grated lemon rind; 2 tablespoon(s) lemon juice; 2 1/2 cup(s) sifted enriched flour; 1/4 teaspoon(s) salt; 1/4 teaspoon(s) baking soda

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Karla Everett

Greenacres, WA

Updated on Nov 15, 2011

Here is another pressed cookie recipe that my Grandma Rose clipped from the news papers and magazines from 1934 - 1950's and this is one of them recipes dated Dec. 1950 Posted by a lady named : Mrs. Jule Tassoul, Casco, Wis. 1950

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Ingredients

1 cup vegetable shortening
1/2 cup white sugar
1/2 cup brown sugar, firmly packed
1 - egg , well beaten
1 teaspoon grated lemon rind
2 tablespoons lemon juice
2 1/2 cups sifted enriched flour
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon baking soda

How To Make lemon pressed cookies (1950)

Step 1

Cream shortening and the sugars. Add eggs and the lemon rind. Beat until light and fluffy. Add lemon juice, blend thoroughly.

Step 2

Sift together the dry ingredients and gradually add to the shortening mixture , blend thoroughly.
Step 3

Fill cookie press. Form dough on unoiled cookie sheet. BAKE in a moderate oven 375° for 8-10 minutes. yields: 7 dozen assorted cookies.
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