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Romanian Tea Cookies

type: formed
makes: 4 dozen

8 ounces vegetable shortening
1-1/2 cups brown sugar
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 teaspoons baking soda
1 teaspoons cream of tartar
pinch of salt
3 cups all-purpose flour
jam

Preheat oven to 350F.
Beat shortening and sugar until light and fluffy.
Add eggs and vanilla.
Add remaining ingredients
Roll dough into walnut-sized balls and place on a cookie sheet about 2 inches apart.
Make an indentation with your thumb.
Drop a teaspoon of jam into the center of each cookie.
Bake 10-15 minutes or until lightly browned.
Cool on wire rack.

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Reviews/Comments:

The Cookie Tin
These are surprising light cookies. They are soft and not too sweet. They would be great even without jam. (The uncooked dough is really good too.)

DeLona Polite
I think that the cookies were okay. No biggie.