Lard Cookies
By: Helen Pitlick
Published: Friday, December 10, 2010 - 1:02am

Ingredients




1 cup Lard
1/2 cup Sugar
1 cup Buttermilk
1/2 teaspoon Baking soda
1 teaspoon Salt
1 teaspoon Nutmeg
1 heaping teaspoon baking powder
3 cups Flour (or enough flour to make a soft dough which will hol

Preparation

1 Melt lard; then cool until lukewarm. Sift all dry ingredients together. Add lard to dry ingredients. Add buttermilk. Mix well. Roll dough to 1/2 inch thickness on floured board. Cut large round cookies. Cook until brown, about 12 minutes.

About


"This recipe has been handed down three generations. Grandma Totten said that the "new" shortenings just didn't work as well as lard - besides lard's cheaper"