Pound Cookies

Ingredients
1 	 lb   vegetable shortening 1 	cup sugar 1 	teaspoon vanilla 1 	egg 5 	cups flour additional sugar, mixed with cinnamon

Directions

 * 1) Pre-heat oven to 375 degrees.
 * 2) Mix all ingredients together, starting with the shortening and adding each one in order.
 * 3) You can do this by hand or with a heavy-duty mixer.
 * 4) Roll dough into 1 1/2 inch balls.
 * 5) Place on ungreased cookie sheet.
 * 6) Press with bottom of a small glass dipped in flour.
 * 7) Bake 20 minutes.
 * 8) When cookies are cool, dip in sugar-cinnamon mixture