Grandmother's Sugar Cookies

Description: Make and share this Grandmother's Sugar Cookies recipe from Food.com.

Ingredients:

• 1 cup Crisco shortening
• 1 cup sugar
• 2 large eggs
• 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla
• 3 1/2 cups flour
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 1/2 teaspoons salt

Steps:

1. Cream Crisco and sugar.
2. Add eggs and vanilla.
3. Mix in dry ingredients.
4. Touch dough with your finger. If any dough sticks to your finger, add flour a little at a time until when you touch the dough, none comes off on your finger.
5. On a lightly floured linen towel, roll out dough to between 1/8 and 1/4-inch thick.
6. bake at 350° for 8-10 minutes or until edges of cookies BEGIN to turn golden brown.
7. Let cool on cookie sheet.
8. Decorate as desired.