Pound Cookies

7 ingredients
7 steps

Ingredients

  • 1 lb vegetable shortening
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 1 egg
  • 5 cups flour
  • additional sugar, mixed with
  • cinnamon

Directions

  1. 1
    Pre-heat oven to 375 degrees.
  2. 2
    Mix all ingredients together, starting with the shortening and adding each one in order. You can do this by hand or with a heavy-duty mixer.
  3. 3
    Roll dough into 1 1/2 inch balls.
  4. 4
    Place on ungreased cookie sheet.
  5. 5
    Press with bottom of a small glass dipped in flour.
  6. 6
    Bake 20 minutes.
  7. 7
    When cookies are cool, dip in sugar-cinnamon mixture.

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