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Cornflake Cookies
"<p>Super-simple and fun to make with kids, these buttery cookies flecked with crunchy cornflakes and nutty pecans are Southern sweets at their best. They’re from baker, cook and photographer Phillip Fryman, who has fond memories of these treats while growing up in Kentucky. During the Christmas holidays, he traveled with his family to visit relatives in Georgia. That 10-plus-hour journey was “totally worth it when we would pull down the pine tree–lined driveway and run into the house to find the cornflake cookies,” he recalls.</p>..."
INGREDIENTS
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16 Tbs. (2 sticks) (8 oz./250 g) unsalted margarine, at room temperature
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1 cup (8 oz./250 g) vegetable shortening, at room temperature
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2 cups (1 lb./500 g) sugar
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2 tsp. vanilla extract
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3 cups (15 oz./470 g) all-purpose flour
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2 tsp. baking soda
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2 tsp. cream of tartar
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4 cups (3 1/2 oz./100 g) cornflake cereal (not crushed)
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1 cup (4 oz./125 g) pecans, chopped
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