Bran Cookies

==Ingredients==
* ½ cup brown sugar, pressed down
* ⅓ cup Crisco
* 2 teaspoons molasses
* ⅓ cup currants
* ⅓ cup walnut meats, cut fine
* 1 egg
* ¾ cup sifted pastry flour, shaken down
* ¾ cup bran
* a few grains salt
==Directions==
# First rub the shortening to a cream.
# Add the sugar, molasses, and salt, and beat till it is light and creamy, then add the egg, and beat well.
# Stir in the flour, bran, nuts, and currants.
# Oil hands, and form the dough into balls with the hands.
# Lay the balls on an oiled pan, flatten them to a thickness of one-fourth inch, then bake them.
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