Sugar Cookies made famous by Ethel.

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Now I had intentions of writing a long story about who Ethel was. First, though I went to Reddit because the instructions that were written out seemed a bit off. I wondered just what was meant by 3/4 cup soft shortening (part sugar). A few other people were confused and well, someone wrote the wrong instructions. It wasn’t Ethel because I found out who Ethel was! There was no Ethel. Ethel was the name given by the good people behind the Betty Crocker Cookbooks. She was not mentioned in the 1950 Picture Cookbook but by the 1956 Betty Crocker Cookbook, she was there.

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Ethel’s Cookies

Course after church coffee hour, Cookie, Dessert

Cuisine American

Keyword cookie, cookies, cooky

Prep Time 1 hour hour 27 minutes minutes

Cook Time 6 minutes minutes

Servings 4 dozen

Author Ethel

Ingredients

• ¾ cup shortening (optional- substitute butter or margarine in part)
• 1 cup sugar
• 2 eggs
• ½ tsp vanilla or lemon extract (or both)
• 2½ cup flour sifted
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 1 tsp salt

Instructions

• Mix shortening, sugar, eggs and flavoring
  ¾ cup shortening, 1 cup sugar, 2 eggs, ½ tsp vanilla or lemon extract
• Sift together flour, baking powder, and salt.
  2½ cup flour, 1 tsp baking powder, 1 tsp salt
• Chill 1 hour
• Roll ⅛" thick
• Cut into shapes.
• Place on greased cookie sheet.
• Sprinkle with sugar if desired.
• Bake until delicatley browned.