Sugar Cookies(A Favorite Home Economics Foods Demonstration) - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2 c. all-purpose flour
1/2 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. salt
1/2 c. shortening
1 c. sugar
1 egg, separated (keep yolk and white in separate bowls)
1/2 tsp. vanilla
1/2 c. buttermilk or sour milk
sugar to sprinkle on top

Preparation

Sift together flour, soda and salt.
In another bowl, beat shortening, sugar and egg yolk until fluffy.
Alternately add flour and then buttermilk to shortening mixture.
Then stir in vanilla.
In another bowl, beat egg white until stiff.
Fold egg white into creamed mixture.
To make cookies, drop by tablespoons onto a greased cookie sheet.
Sprinkle with sugar.
Bake at 375\u00b0 for 20 minutes.
Makes about 2 dozen.