3/4 c  Shortening;margarine or but
3/4 c  Sugar; brown
1/2 ts Vanilla
1    Egg,well beaten
2 3/4 c  Flour, sifted
1/2 ts Baking soda
1/2 ts Baking powder
1/2 ts Salt
1 ts Cinnamon
1/2 c  Milk or cream, sour
1/2 c  Mincemeat

Cream together shortening, sugar and vanilla. Beat until fluffy. Add the
well beaten egg. Add sifted dry ingredients alternately with the sour
milk/cream. Chill batter and divide. Cut on lightly floured board with a 2
inch cutter. Put together in pairs, moisten the undercrust with egg and
use 1 1/2 tsp. of mincemeat as filling on each cookie. Pinch edges together
and put on a greased cookie sheet and bake in hot oven 425 degrees for10-12
minutes.