Grandma's Lep Cookies

  

Old-Fashioned Lep Cakes 

Plan ahead, these need to be refrigerated overnight.

Beat together:

3 cups sugar

2 eggs

1 cup oil

Mix together:

2 tsp baking soda
1 tsp cream of tartar
2 cups buttermilk

Slowly add buttermilk and
6 cups of flour to sugar until it is all mixed together.

Add 1 Tbsp Vanilla

Refrigerate overnight.

Crumbs

Mix together:

1 cup flour
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup shortening

Drop by spoonfuls onto a greased cookie sheet.
Put 1 tbsp crumbs on top of each cookie.
Bake at 350 for 10-15 minutes

Her Great Grandson Trevor Yutzy having a Lep Cookie!

Grandma Weaver on her porch  August 2008

This recipe is my childhood favorite.
My Grandma Sadie Weaver made them for us.
When we would stop by to see her she would always have these cookies.
We loved them dipped in a cold glass of milk!