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Mincemeat Filled Cookies

Course Cookie, Dessert

Cook Time 10 minutes minutes

Author Today's Woman Christmas Ideas No. 14 (1967)

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cups shortening
• 3/4 cup brown sugar
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 1 egg
• 4 1/2 tbsp milk
• 1 1/2 tsp vanilla
• 4 1/2 cups all-purpose flour sifted
• 3/4 tsp salt
• 3/4 tsp soda
• 1 can mincemeat pie filling
• 1/2 cup orange marmalade

Instructions

• Cream shortening and sugars together until fluffy.
• Add egg, milk and vanilla; beat well
• Sift dry ingredients together; add to creamed mixture and mix well.
• Wrap dough in waxed paper and chill well.
• Roll one forth of a dough at a time on a floured surface to 1/8" thickness.
• Cut with a 2 1/2" round cutter.
• Place cookies 1" apart on an ungreased cookie sheet.
• Combine pie filling and marmalade; place 1 tablespoon of mixture on each cookie.
• Roll one fourth of the dough as previous. Cut with 2 1/2" cutter and cut a small hole in center of each cookie with a small cutter.
• Place over filling, centering hole; seal edges by pressing with a fork.
• Bake in a moderately hot oven (375º F) 10-12 minutes.
• Repeat with remaining dough and filling.
• Makes 4 1/2 dozen cookies.

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