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Grand Mother Turpen's Cookies Recipe

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Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  
1 egg
1 cup brown sugar (packed loosely)
1 tsp. vanilla

1/3 cup shortening

1 cup sifted pastry flour
1 tsp. baking powder
1/2 cup raisins
1/2 cup nuts
1/2 cup chocolate chips
Directions:
Directions:
Mix egg, brown sugar, and vanilla. Beat well.
Add melted shortening. Beat well
Combine flour, baking powder, raisins, nuts and chocolate chips.
Mix the two mixtures.
Spread in a greased 9 x 9 pan.
Bake at 350º for 20 minutes.
The corners should be firm, the center soft.
Cool slightly before cutting.
Personal Notes:
Personal Notes:
This recipe came from Mother Turpen who was Papa's Grandmother. Papa fondly remembered staying with her as a child. As she brushed out her long hair in the evenings she would tell him stories about his Grandfather, Aaron Marion Turpen.

 

 

 

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