Andrew's White Italian Cookies

Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup shortening (margarine)
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • ½ tsp. salt
  • 2 ½ tsp. baking powder
  • 1/2 cup milk
  • 2 tsp. flavoring (vanilla, anise, almond, lemon)
  • 2 ½ cups flour

How to Make Italian Cookies

  1. Cream shortening with sugar.
  2. Add eggs.
  3. Add remaining ingredients.
  4. Sprinkle very little flour over dough to handle.
  5. Put oil on hands and roll balls about the size of a walnut.
  6. Place on a slightly greased cookie sheet.
  7. Bake at 350 degrees about ten minutes.