Ingrients & Directions
                
     1 c  Shortening
 1 1/2 c  Sugar
     3    Eggs
     3 c  Flour
     1 ts Baking powder
   1/2 ts Salt
 1 1/3 c  Mincemeat filling
 “Cream shortening. Add sugar, and blend well. Add eggs, and beat until
 smooth. Add mixed dry ingredients and then stir in mincemeat. Blend
 well. Drop by teaspoonful onto a greased cookie sheet, at least 2
 inches apart. Bake at 400F for 12 minutes or until lightly browned.
 You can use margarine instead of shortening and add chopped nuts if
 desired, and you can also mix the sugars, using brown and white
 sugar.”
                
                 Yields       
                36 Cookies