Millionaire Cookies (1947)

Ingredients

Brown sugar (dark or light, packed) 1 cups

Sugar (granulated white) 1 cups

Salt (table) 1 tsp

Baking soda 2 tsp

Vegetable shortening 1 ½ cups

Egg (fresh) 3 count

All-Purpose Flour 4 ½ cups

Cloves (ground) ½ tsp

Cinnamon 1 tsp

Almonds (ground) 1 cups

Instructions

Cream shortening with sugar add beaten eggs slowly, mixing thoroughly.

Add nuts then sifted dry ingredients.

Shape this mixture into a roll about 2-1/2 or 3 inches in diameter.

Roll on piece of wax paper and put in ice box overnight.

When ready to bake slice with sharp knife very thin.

Bake in hot oven