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Brown Sugar Cookies

Yields:3 dozen
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Recipe Cooking TimePreparation20 minutes
Cooking25 minutes
Ready In1 hours
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Ingredients

1 1/2 cups brown sugar frimly packed
1 teaspoon cinnamon
2/3 cup vegetable shortening
1/2 teaspoon cloves
2 large eggs large
1/4 teaspoon salt
2 tablespoons milk
2 cups flour, unbleached all-purpose
1 tablespoon orange zest grated
1 cup raisins, seedless
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 cup nuts chopped

Directions

Cream sugar and shortening until light and fluffy.

Beat in eggs, milk and orange rind.

Stir togethr baking powder, spices, salt and flour.

Mix into sugar mixture.

Stir in raisins and nuts, if used. Drop dough by teaspoonfuls onto greased cookie sheets.

Bake at 350 degrees F. about 10 to 12 minutes, or until done.

Remove from baking sheets and cool cookies on rack.

Store in airtight tins.

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Laurie resides in Guelph, Ontario, Canada. With Italian roots, her love for cooking traces to hours spent in the kitchen with her family,...

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