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?
Best Answer
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.