Commandoes
- 1/2 cup shortening
- 1/4 cup brown sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 cup flour
- 1 tsp. baking powder
- 1/2 tsp. salt
Cream shortening, add sugar. Add beaten egg. Stir together flour, baking powder and salt. Form into small drop cookies. Place in greased pan or cookie sheet, make dent in each cookie, fill with jam or jelly. bake in hot oven 10 minutes or until medium brown.
Favourite Recipes, Womens' Institute of Nova Scotia, 1952
notes
I cooked these until just golden brown which the family prefers for these cookies.
Because the jam is baked into the cookie, these are easy to both transport and stack. they make for a fairly festive looking cookie.
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