Categories: Cookies 
      Yield: 12 servings 
  
    1/2 c  Shortening (can) 
      1 c  Brown Sugar 
      2    Eggs 
      2 c  All-Purpose Flour 
      1 ts Cream of Tartar 
      4 c  Rice Krispies 
           Chocolate chips (if desired) 
    1/2 c  Butter 
      1 c  White Sugar 
      1 ts Vanilla 
      1 ts Baking Soda 
      1 ts Salt 
           Nuts (if desired) 
  
  Cream shortening, margarine with sugars. Add eggs and vanilla. Sift 
  dry ingredients together, add to the above, then add cereal and blend 
  in gently. Drop on un-greased cookie sheet, by teaspoon. Bake at 350 
  degrees for 12 to 15 minutes