Girl Scout Cookies Shortbread

Since they only sell these once a year, right around

springtime, you’re bound to get a craving sometime around fall.

And if you’re still holding onto a box, they may have begun

to taste a bit like used air-hockey pucks. Now you can toss out

those relics and fill the box with a fresh batch, made from

this clone recipe for the first variety of cookies sold by the

Girl Scouts back in 1917.

1/2 cup butter-flavored shortening

1 cup powdered sugar

1/2 teaspoon vanilla

1/4 teaspoon salt

2 tablespoons beaten egg

1/2 teaspoon baking soda

2 tablespoons buttermilk

1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour (plus an extra 1/4 cup reserved for

rolling)

1/8 teaspoon baking powder

1. In a large mixing bowl, cream together the shortening, sugar,

vanilla, and salt with an electric mixer.

2. Add the egg and beat mixture until it’s fluffy. Add the baking

soda and mix for about 20 seconds, then add the buttermilk and mix

for an additional 30 seconds.

3. In another bowl, combine the flour and baking powder.

4. Pour dry ingredients into wet ingredients and mix well with an

electric mixer until flour is incorporated.

5. Roll the dough into a ball, cover it with plastic wrap, and chill

it for 1 hour.

6. Preheat oven to 325 degrees.

7. Roll dough out on a well-floured surface to 1/8-inch thick and

punch out cookies with a 1 1/2 to 2-inch cutter (a medium-size spice

bottle lid works well). Arrange cookies on an ungreased cookie sheet.

8. Bake for 12 to 15 minutes or until golden brown.

Makes 60 cookies.

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