World'S Best Christmas Cookies - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 1/3 c. shortening
1 1/2 c. granulated sugar
2 tsp. vanilla
2 eggs
8 tsp. milk
4 c. unbleached flour
3 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. salt

Preparation

Cream
shortening, sugar, eggs and vanilla.
Beat until fluffy.
Stir
in
milk.
Combine dry ingredients.
Blend into the other
mixture.
Divide
the
dough
in quarters.
Wrap in waxed paper
and
chill 1 hour.
Donate one of the quarters of the dough to children, for nibbling and sculpting.
(The dough may be colored with food coloring if you wish.) Roll the rest between floured
sheets of waxed paper to a thickness of about 1/8-inch. Cut
into
shapes
with cutters.
Bake in 375\u00b0 oven for 6
to
8 minutes.
Cool
slightly.
Remove
to
rack.