Brown Sugar Wafers

I love these cookies. I wanted to name them "simple and delicious cookies" but that's not very descriptive. With only 5 ingredients, these might be the easiest cookies I have ever made.

Brown Sugar Wafers

1/4 cup shortening*
3/4 cup salted butter, softened
1 cup brown sugar
1 egg
2 cups flour

* You could use replace the shortening with butter if you wanted to.

•Cream together the first three ingredients until well mixed.
•Add the egg and continue to mix. You could add some vanilla if you wanted to (I did).
•Mix in the flour one cup at a time.
•When everything is combined, cover the dough and refrigerate until the dough is chilled (about 30 minutes).
•When it's ready, take about a tablespoon of dough and roll into a ball with you hands. Drop dough onto a lightly greased cookie sheet.
•Flatten dough with a spoon.
•Bake in a 350° oven for ten minutes.
•Immediately remove from sheet and allow to cool on a wire rack.

Makes about 4 dozen cookies.