The Story of Crisco

The Story of Crisco, 1913 — how Procter & Gamble taught America a new fat, with 250 recipes and a year of dinners to seal it.

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For Filling (Cupful chopped raisins cupful)

1 cupful chopped raisins 1½ cupful sugar 1 tablespoonful flour 1½ cupful water ½ cupful chopped walnut meats For cookies. Cream Crisco and sugar, add salt, egg well beaten, milk, vanilla, and flour sifted with baking powder and soda. Mix and turn out on floured baking board. Dough should be soft. Roll very thin and cut out with cooky cutter. Spread one-half of cookies with filling then place remaining cookies on top and press edges together. Place on Criscoed tins and bake in moderately hot oven fifteen minutes. For filling. Mix sugar and flour in saucepan, add raisins, nuts, and water, stir and cook until thick. Cool before using.

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