GREAT GREAT GRANDMA'S PIONEER TRAIL - SALT COOKIES
The pioneers would make these cookies to take on the trail with them, it was a tasty way to keep salt in their bodies. This recipe has had updates like: wax paper and refrigerate... but my grandmother told me that they use to form the dough into balls and press them flat with a glass. This cookie is so good... but...
Provided by Colleen Sowa
Categories Cookies
Time 13h
Number Of Ingredients 8
Steps:
- 1. Sift together flour, baking soda and salt. Set aside
- 2. Cream together the shortening, sugar, then add eggs and vanilla.
- 3. Slowly add the flour mixture to the shortening mixture, in small amounts at a time. Add nuts.
- 4. Form the dough into an oval shaped log. Wrap in wax paper. Refrigerate over night.
- 5. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- 6. Remove dough log from refrigerator and remove wax paper. Slice very thin. Place slices on a greased baking sheet. Bake for 10 -15 minutes.
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