white butter cookies

Ingredients

• 1 cup sugar
• 1 cup shortening
• 1/4 cup milk
• 1 teaspoon soda, dissolved in the milk
• 3 eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla or nutmeg
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• Flour to roll plain

Directions

1. Cream sugar + shortening. Add the eggs one at a time, add milk and soda, vanilla or nutmeg.
2. add flour roll and 1/4 thick cut with cookie cutter.
3. Bake on cookie sheet. ungreased in 375° oven about 10-15 min.

Timing

• about 10-15 min.

Temperature

• soda dissolved in milk; sugar and shortening creamed; 1/4 thick; 375° oven

Equipment

• mixing bowl and utensil; rolling pin; cookie cutter; ungreased cookie sheet; oven

Arwilda’s edits

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