Old-Fashioned Sugar Cookies

Ingredients

• 1 cup shortening or butter
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 2 eggs
• 2 tbls. milk or cream
• 2 tsps. vanilla
• 2 1/2 cups plain flour
• 1/2 tsp. baking powder
• 1/2 tsp. salt

Directions

1. Mix together shortening, sugar and eggs.

2. Stir in milk and vanilla.

3. Sift together flour, baking powder and salt and stir into dough.

4. Chill dough for at least 4 hours.

5. With rolling pin, roll dough thin and cut into desired shapes.

6. Place on lightly greased cookie sheet and bake 5 to 7 minutes at 350 degrees.

Note: To make a sweet, decorative frosting, mix half-and-half with powdered sugar in a cereal bowl, stirring until it gets to a spreading consistency. Then add food coloring and ice cookies.

Source: “First Edition Betty Crocker Cookbook,” published in 1950.