Name: Aunt Zula's Christmas Cutouts recipe
Ingredients: 1 cup shortening;1 cup confectioners' sugar;½ teaspoon salt;2 eggs;2 ¾ cups all-purpose flour;3 teaspoons baking powder;2 tablespoons milk;1 teaspoon vanilla extract

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Ingredients

1 cup shortening 1 cup confectioners' sugar ½ teaspoon salt 2 eggs 2 ¾ cups all-purpose flour 3 teaspoons baking powder 2 tablespoons milk 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Nutrition Info

309 calories carbohydrate: 32.4 g cholesterol: 31.2 mg fat: 18.3 g fiber: 0.8 g protein: 4.1 g saturatedFat: 4.6 g servingSize: - sodium: 232.2 mg sugar: 10.1 g transFat: : - unsaturatedFat: : -

Directions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (180 degrees C).
Cream sugar and shortening together. Add eggs and dry ingredients. Add the milk last.
No need to chill this dough, simply roll out to 1/4 inch thickness, cut out and bake 10-12 minutes.

Recipe Yield

2 dozen

Recipe Note

This a fantastic old-fashioned sugar cookie recipe that is not as sweet as others that I have used. They complement a powdered sugar icing without being overly sweet. My favorite, and EASY!