Betty Crocker's Original Coffee and Spice Drop Cookies (1950)

Mix together thoroughly:

• 1 cup soft shortening
• 2 cups brown sugar
• 2 eggs

Stir in 1/2 cup cold coffee.

Sift together and stir in:

• 3-1/2 cups sifted Gold Medal flour
• 1 tspn baking soda
• 1 tspn salt
• 1 tspn nutmeg
• 1 tspn cinnamon

Chill at least 1 hour. Drop rounded teaspoonfuls about 2 inches apart on lightly greased baking sheet. 

Bake at 400 degrees 8 to 10 minutes, or until, when touched lightly with finger, almost no imprint remains. Makes bout 6 dozen 2-1/2 inch cookies.

More "Lost" Recipes for Coffee Pastries
Coffee Bread Pudding (1979)

Coffee Chocolate Chunk Cookies (1980)

(Origin - "Betty Crocker's PIcture Cook Book" published by General Mills, Inc and McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1950. Yes, my treasured copy is a First Edition.)