Dad's Favorite Brown Sugar Cookies

Total Time: 20 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• 2/3 cup shortening
• 2/3 cup softened butter
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 cup brown sugar
• 2 eggs
• 2 teaspoons vanilla (overflowing)
• 3 1/4 cups flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon salt

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350.
• 2 mix shortening, butter, sugars, eggs, and vanilla thoroughly.
• 3 stir in soda and salt.
• 4 one cup at a time, stir in flour until a dough has formed that isn't sticky and can be molded.
• 5 (you may have to use less or more than the specified amt.) halve dough and turn out on lightly floured board/wax paper.
• 6 shape each half into cylindrical rolls, about 1 1/2 in.
• 7 diameter.
• 8 slice and bake on ungreased cookie sheets until slightly firm, but*not too brown*.
• 9 (if they are too brown, they will get very hard when cool.) keep an eye on them- generally, the bottom will have just started to turn brown when they are done.
• 10 don't worry if the top feels too soft because it will set when you take them out.
• 11 **fora twist, use 1-2 c of oatmeal in place of some of the flour.
• 12 they're slightly chewier and bake a bit faster.