$100 Cookies

Ingredients

• ½ cup butter or margarine
• ½ cup solid white shortening
• 1 ½ cups sifted confectioners’ sugar
• 1 ½ teaspoons vanilla
• 1 ½ cups all-purpose flour (fork-stir to aerate before measuring)
• 1 ½ cups cornflakes
• 1 cup coarsely chopped pecans or walnuts

Directions

1. Cream the butter, shortening, sugar, and vanilla.
2. Add flour and mix well.
3. Stir in cornflakes. Cover and chill.
4. Shape into 2 equal rolls, each about 1 ½ inches in diameter. Coat with nuts; wrap tightly and chill overnight.
5. Cut into ¼-inch-thick crosswise slices.
6. Place several inches apart on an ungreased cookie sheet.
7. Bake in preheated 350°F oven until lightly browned, about 15 minutes.

Notes

• Makes about 3 dozen.

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