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Italian Vanilla Cookies
Ingredients For: Italian Vanilla Cookies
1 1/2 cups Crisco or other shortening
1 1/2 cups sugar
6 eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla
Tip: Blend eggs and sugar; then add shortening)
Sift and add to above:
6 cups flour
6 teaspons baking powder
1/4-teaspoon salt
Instructions For: Italian Vanilla Cookies
Mix with spoon and then knead with hands. Roll dough into 1- to 2-inch balls or roll strips of dough into "S" curved shapes.
Bake Italian vanilla cookies on un-greased cookie sheet at 400 degrees for 10 minutes.
Tip: bake these for 8-10 minutes, sometimes turns oven down to 375.
Cookies will still be soft when removed from oven (not crispy).
Make icing of confectionery sugar, warm milk, vanilla, butter (optional: red and green food coloring). Dip top of cookie in white, red or green icing for a glazed-like topping.
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