Jam Jam Cookies 1981
- 1 cup Crisco shortening
- 1 cup white sugar
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 2 large eggs
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 cup sour milk
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda, dissolved in the milk
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- Combine shortening, sugars,vanilla, and beat well.
- add eggs and salt.
- add milk with the 1/2 tsp soda dissolved in it.
- add flour and baking powder.
- Make a soft dough.
- Roll on a floured board and cut with a glass in rounds Bake 375 degrees for 11 minutes.
- Until nicely browned.
- Cool on a rack.
- Smear jam onto the underside of a cookie and place another cookie over to make a sandwich cookie or add some marshmallow fluff on one side and jam on the other and sandwich together also.
- Sometimes we ice with a butter icing one cookie, jam on the other then place them back to back.
shortening, white sugar, brown sugar, vanilla, eggs, salt, sour milk, baking soda, baking powder, allpurpose
Taken from www.food.com/recipe/jam-jam-cookies-1981-75991 (may not work)