Vinegar Cookies

A vintage recipe!

Ingredients

• 1 cup brown sugar
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• Pinch of nutmeg
• Pinch of cinnamon
• 1 1/2 cups shortening
• 2 eggs
• 1 teaspoon baking powder dissolved in 2 tablespoons vinegar
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
• 4 cups all-purpose flour

Instructions

1. Heat oven to 350 degrees F.
2. Mix all ingredients. Make into balls, roll balls in sugar (with cinnamon added if desired) and put them on cookie sheet. Mash them down with an old-fashioned potato masher.
3. Bake for 8 to 10 minutes.