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The attached picture is of a cookie recipe from my grandmother who passed a year ago. I would like to make the cookies, especially since they share my daughter's name, but there is one ingredient that I can't decode. It appears that the recipe calls for:

Nora's Cookies:

  • 2 cups sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 cup ????
  • 1/2 cup milk
  • 2 tsp cream of tartar
  • 1 tsp soda
  • salt
  • vanilla and lemon extract
  • flour to roll out

What might the 3rd ingredient be?

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Jerry Stratton
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It's "spry"... which is actually what it looks like.

Spry was apparently a brand name shortening.

This related question "Is there anything special about "homogenized" shortening?" recommends simply using any type of vegetable shortening, like Crisco.

Catija
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The mystery ingredient reads spry, which is a brand of vegetable shortening. It's probably not available any more, just use any other brand.

Stephie
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Spry Vegetable Shortening. Spry was a brand of vegetable shortening produced by Lever Brothers starting in 1936. It was a competitor for Procter & Gamble's Crisco, and through aggressive marketing through its mascot Aunt Jenny had reached 75 percent of Crisco's market share. Just google it. enjoy your cookies

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