Sugar Cookies - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1/2 c. shortening
1/2 tsp. salt
1 tsp. grated lemon rind (optional)
1 c. sugar
1 egg, unbeaten
2 Tbsp. milk
2 c. sifted all-purpose flour
1 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. soda

Preparation

Blend
together shortening, salt, lemon rind and sugar. Beat in egg and milk.
Stir in remaining ingredients.
Drop by rounded teaspoonfuls
on
a baking sheet.
Grease bottom of a glass.
Dip glass
in
colored sugar and flatten each cookie. Bake
8
to
10 minutes,
until
light golden.
Cool on rack. Makes about 3 dozen.