Originally Posted by
Suzanne57
My Grandma made a sour milk cookie that the recipe has been lost. I remember that whenever she cooked a chicken she would save and render the chicken fat and use it in the cookies, she would use leftover sour milk instead of throwing it away and I believe she used both vanilla and lemon extracts for flavoring. Unfortunately none of my aunts saved the recipe. They were good and froze well.
Could this be the one? Old Fashioned Sugar Cookies 1/2 cup lard, 1 cup sugar, 1 egg, 3/4 tsp vanilla, 1 tsp lemon juice 1/2 cup sour milk, 3 cup's flour, 21/2 tsp baking powder 1/2 tsp salt. Cream lard with sugar. Add vanilla and lemon juice when light and fluffy,beat in egg, Mix in milk with dry ing. Chill in refrigerator foe at least an hour. Roll out pencil thick cut with cookie cutter sprinkle with sugar and bake at 375 for 10 minutes.