Old Fashioned Cookies

Ingredients

• Servings: 3
• 2 cups white sugar
• 1/2 cup shortening
• 1/2 cup butter
• 3 eggs
• 5 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/2 cup milk
• 4 cups all-purpose flour

Recipe

• preheat oven to 350 degrees f (175 degrees c). grease two cookie sheets.
• cream the sugar with the shortening and the butter or the margarine. add the baking powder, eggs, milk and flour. mix until combined.
• on a lightly floured surface roll out the dough to 1/4 inch thick and cut into desired shapes. place cookies on the prepared cookie sheets.
• bake at 350 degrees f (175 degrees c) until lightly browned.