Heartshorn Cookies

• 2 cups sugar
• 1 cup shortening (home rendered lard)
• 3 eggs (beaten quite well)
• 3 Tbsp heartshorn (baking ammonia) (in 1 cup warm half and half)
• 1 cup warm half and half
• 7 cups flour
• 1 tsp salt
• 1 tsp lemon extract
• red sugar (for sprinkling)

Instructions

1. Cream sugar and lard. Add beaten eggs.
2. Add heartshorn dissolved in the 1 cup warm half & half.
3. Stir in flour, salt and flavoring.
4. Roll out, not too thin. Cut with cookie cutter. Sprinkle with red sugar.
5. Bake at 450°F for about 5 minutes.