#2549 - Sour Cream Walnut Cookies

(by Shirley McNevich)

1 cup Crisco shortening
2 cups white sugar
3 eggs
2 tsp. vanilla
1 cup Breakstone's sour cream
1 tsp. salt
3 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. baking soda
5 cups flour
1 1/2 cups chopped walnuts
3 TBSP white sugar
1 tsp. cinnamon

In a mixer add Crisco and 2 cups white sugar--beat. Add eggs and vanilla--beat. Add sour cream--beat. Add salt, baking powder and baking soda--beat. Slowly add flour--beat (continue by hand with a wooden spoon if it gets too thick for the mixer). Add chopped walnuts--stir until mixed. In a small bowl add 3 TBSP white sugar and the cinnamon--stir until mixed. Drop spoonfuls of the cookie dough on to greased cookie sheets. Grease the bottom of a drinking glass and use it to flatten each cookie, then sprinkle some of the cinnamon mixture over each cookie. Bake at 350 degrees for about 12 minutes.