brown sugar drops

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1 cup shortening
• 2 cups packed brown sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1/2 cup buttermilk
• 3 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon salt

Recipe

Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 8 mins Ready Time: 1 hr 30 mins


• in a large bowl, cream together the shortening and brown sugar until smooth. beat in the eggs one at a time then stir in the buttermilk. combine the flour, baking soda and salt; stir into the buttermilk mixture until well blended. cover dough and chill for at least one hour.
• preheat the oven to 400 degrees f (200 degrees c). grease cookie sheets. drop dough by rounded teaspoonfuls 2 inches apart the prepared cookie sheets.
• bake for 8 to 10 minutes in the preheated oven, until almost no imprint remains when touched with your finger. remove from cookie sheets immediately to cool on wire racks.