Sugar Cookies

This is Wes's Aunt Sherie's famous sugar cookie recipe. They taste like Lofthouse cookies they are sooooo good!

INGREDIENTS:
3/4 cup shortening
1 cube butter
1 cup sugar
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 1/2 cups flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon salt

INSTRUCTIONS:
In a large bowl, cream together butter, shortening, and sugar until smooth. Beat in eggs and vanilla. Stir in the flour, baking powder, and salt. Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Roll out dough on floured surface 1/4 to 1/2 inch thick. Cut into shapes with any cookie cutter. Place cookies one inch apart on ungreased cookie sheets. Bake 6-8 minutes in preheated oven. (six minutes is about perfect! Over cooking sugar cookies results in rock hard cookies) Cool completely.

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