Jam Jam Cookies 1981

got this from a co-worker in 1981, just a plain yummy cookie..

• Ready In: 27 mins
• Yields: 36 cookies

Ingredients

• 1  cup Crisco shortening
• 1  cup white sugar
• 1  cup brown sugar
• 2  teaspoons vanilla extract
• 2  large eggs
• 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
• 1⁄4 cup  sour milk
• 1⁄2 teaspoon baking soda, dissolved in the milk
• 1  teaspoon baking powder
• 3  cups all-purpose flour

Directions

1. Combine shortening, sugars,vanilla, and beat well.
2. add eggs and salt.
3. add milk with the 1/2 tsp soda dissolved in it.
4. add flour and baking powder.
5. Make a soft dough.
6. Roll on a floured board and cut with a glass in rounds Bake 375 degrees for 11 minutes.
7. Until nicely browned.
8. Cool on a rack.
9. Smear jam onto the underside of a cookie and place another cookie over to make a sandwich cookie or add some marshmallow fluff on one side and jam on the other and sandwich together also.
10. Sometimes we ice with a butter icing one cookie, jam on the other then place them back to back.