Amish Cookies

1 cup each sugar and powdered sugar
1 cup each margarine and cooking oil
2 eggs
4 1/2 cups flour
1 tsp. each soda and cream of tartar
1 tsp. each almond and vanilla extracts

Cream sugars, margarine, and oil.  Beat well until very creamy.  Add eggs and beat again until creamy.  Add remaining ingredients and mix well.  Drop small balls of dough on cookie sheet.  Flatten with glass dipped in cold water and sugar.  Bake at 325 degrees to 350 degrees for 10 to 12 minutes.  Watch Closely!

 Our daughter-in-law, Beth Watts Piotrowski, is from Nebraska.  This is a recipe from her maternal grandmother, Helen Ormesher.