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                   Grandma Burdick's Sour Cream Cookies

Recipe By     : Sacramento Bee 7/2/97
Serving Size  : 48   Preparation Time :0:10
Categories    : Cookies                          Dessert

  Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
--------  ------------  --------------------------------
   1 1/2  cups          sugar
   2      large         eggs
     1/2  cup           shortening
   1      cup           sour cream
   1      teaspoon      baking soda
   1      tablespoon    vanilla extract
   3      cups          all-purpose flour
   1      tablespoon    baking powder
     1/2  teaspoon      salt

Cream sugar, eggs and shortening.  Combine sour cream, baking soda and
vanilla; add to creamed mixture.  Add dry ingredients and mix well.  Drop by
heaping tablespoonful onto a greased baking sheet.  Bake at 350°F for 8 to 12
minutes.  For variety, add chocolate chips, raisins or nuts to the dough
before baking.  To make rolled cookies, add 1 cup of flour to the dough,
chill, then roll out and cut into shapes.

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NOTES : This is an old family recipe submitted by a reader of the Bee.  The
cookies are an old-fashioned, cake-style cookie that can be baked in drops or
rolled and shaped for decorated cookies.