Sugar Cookies

Total Time: 25 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 36
• 2 cups sugar
• 1/2 cup crisco shortening
• 1/2 cup butter
• 2 eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 cup sour milk
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon lemon extract
• 6 cups flour

Recipe

• 1 in a large bowl, mix together butter, sugar, eggs, and vanilla and lemon extracts with an electric mixer until light and fluffy. combine the flour, baking powder, and baking soda; gradually stir in milk to flour mixture until well blended but do not overmix -- cookies will get tough. chill dough.
• 2 preheat oven to 350°f on a lightly floured surface, roll out the dough to 1/4 inch thickness. cut into desired shapes using cookie cutters. place cookies 2 inches apart onto ungreased cookie sheets.
• 3 bake for 10 minutes in the preheated oven. remove cookies from pan and cool on wire racks.