SUGAR COOKIES

1 cups sugar              

1/2 cup shortening or butter

1 egg

1 teaspoon vanilla   

3½ cups flour  (or soft white wheat flour) of 4½ cups of wonder flour on page 48

1 teaspoon soda

2 teaspoon baking powder (Prefer baking powder with our aluminum, Rumford is one)

1 cup milk

½ teaspoon salt

      

Cream butter, sugar and vanilla together in Bosch bowl with cookie paddles.  Add egg and beat. Add dry ingredients alternately with milk.  Roll out to ½ inch thick, using plenty of flour because dough is quite sticky.    Cut with cookie cutters place on cookie sheet and bake at 400 degrees for 8 minutes then frost with your favorite frosting. Do not over bake cookies.  They should still be soft to the touch. It makes about 22 cookies, you can double this recipe