Sour Cream Sugar Cookies
4-1/2 cups cake flour
1/2 tsp salt
1 tsp soda
3 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp nutmeg
1/2 tsp allspice
1 cup shortening
2 eggs, well beaten
2 cups thick sour cream
1-1/3 cups brown sugar
1 cup chopped nuts
1 cup chopped dates or raisins
Mix and sift dry ingredients. Cut in shortening very fine as for pastry.
Beat eggs and add to the cream. Add sifted brown sugar to cream and combine with dry ingredients. Add nuts and fruit.
Drop by teaspoons onto a greased cookie sheet and bake in moderate oven (350) for 16 minutes. Makes 7 dozen 2-1/2 inch cookies.
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