Jack and Jill Cookies

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Title: Jack and Jill Cookies
Categories: Cookies
Yield: 36 servings

1/2 c Shortening
1 c Packed brown sugar
3/4 ts Salt
1 ts Vanilla
1 Egg
3/4 c Sifted flour (sift before
-measuring)
1/2 ts Baking powder
1/4 ts Salt
1 c Rolled oats
1/2 c Finely chopped uncooked
-prunes
1/2 c Finely chopped dried
-apricots
Or dates or raisins

Recipe by: St. Louis Post-Dispatch 1/29/96
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Combine shortening, brown sugar, salt,
vanilla and egg; beat until well mixed. Sift together flour, baking powder
and salt; stir into shortening mixture. Stir in oats, prunes and apricots.
Put tablespoons of dough on greased cookie sheets and flatten with a
flat-bottomed glass covered with a damp cloth. Bake 10 to 12 minutes.
Yield: 3 dozen.

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