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Ingredients

1 cup shortening ½ cup white sugar ½ cup brown sugar 2 eggs 1 ½ teaspoons vanilla extract 2 ¼ cups all-purpose flour ½ teaspoon baking soda ½ teaspoon salt ¼ cup colored sugar for decoration

Nutrition Info

80.3 calories carbohydrate: 9.1 g cholesterol: 7.8 mg fat: 4.5 g fiber: 0.2 g protein: 0.9 g saturatedFat: 1.1 g servingSize: - sodium: 40.8 mg sugar: 3.6 g transFat: : - unsaturatedFat: : -

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease cookie sheets.
In a large bowl, cream together the shortening, white sugar and brown sugar until smooth. Beat in the eggs one at a time then stir in the vanilla. Combine the flour, baking soda and salt, blend into the creamed mixture. Roll dough into 1/2 inch balls and place them 1 inch apart onto the prepared cookie sheets. Flatten each ball slightly and sprinkle with colored sugar.
Bake for 8 to 10 minutes in the preheated oven. Allow cookies to cool on baking sheet for 5 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool completely.

4 dozen

These are the cookies that my mom used to make every Christmas time.