Aunt Sally's Drop Cookies

Arwilda kept two different recipes with this title.

Butter Milk and chocolate frosting recipe

Old Binder typed Dortchy Shannon card

From Aunt Sally's; Dorthy Shannon.

Ingredients

  • Cream:; Add:
  • 1 cup Shortening (half Oleo)
  • 2 cups Sugar
  • 2 Eggs
  • 1½ cup Butter Milk
  • 2 tsp Vanilla
  • 3½ cups Flour
  • 1 tsp Soda
  • 1 tsp Salt
  • 1 cup Cocoa
  • 1 cup Chopped Nuts
  • chocolate frosting

Directions

  1. Mix all ingredunts as in line
  2. Chill 1 hr or more
  3. Bake at 400 oven for 8 to 10 min.
  4. Frost with chocolate frosting

Timing: Chill 1 hr or more; 8 to 10 min.

Temperature: 400 oven

Equipment: oven

Buttermilk or sour milk and chocolate icing recipe

Old Binder typed sour-milk-option card

Ingredients

  • 1 cup shortening (half oleo)
  • 2 cups sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 1½ cup buttermilk (or sour milk)
  • 2 teaspoon vanilla
  • 3½ cups flour
  • 1 teaspoon soda
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 cup cocoa
  • 1 cup chopped nuts

Directions

  1. Cream:
  2. Add:
  3. mix all ingredients as in line;
  4. Chill 1 hour or more. Bake at 400 degree oven for 8 to 10 minutes.
  5. Frost with chocolate icing.
  6. Cream applies to shortening, sugar, eggs, buttermilk or sour milk, and vanilla. Add applies to flour, soda, salt, cocoa, and chopped nuts. Then mix in the listed order, chill, bake, and frost.

Timing: Chill 1 hour or more.; 8 to 10 minutes

Temperature: 400 degree oven

Equipment: mixing bowl and utensil, refrigerator, baking sheet, oven, and frosting utensil

Notes

  • The card supplies no instruction for dropping or otherwise shaping the dough before baking, and no chocolate icing formula.

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Milk option

Old Binder typed Dortchy Shannon card
1 1/2 cup Butter Milk
Old Binder typed sour-milk-option card
1 1/2 cup buttermilk or sour milk

Chocolate finish

Old Binder typed Dortchy Shannon card
Frost with chocalate frosting
Old Binder typed sour-milk-option card
Frost with chocalate icing

Lower card name

Old Binder typed Dortchy Shannon card
Dortchy Shannon appears below the recipe, role uncertain
Old Binder typed sour-milk-option card
No lower name

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