Cindy's Sugar Cookies

1 c. butter or margarine

1 c. Crisco shortening

1 c. powdered sugar

1 c. white sugar

2 tsp. vanilla

4 c. flour

2 tsp. soda

2 tsp. cream of tartar

3/4 tsp. salt

2 eggs

Cream together butter, Crisco, powdered sugar and white sugar until creamy. Add eggs and vanilla. Sift dry ingredients. Stir into creamed mixture. Drop rounded teaspoonfuls onto greased cookie sheet, or roll 1/4-inch thick and cut into shapes for Christmas cookies, etc. If making drop cookies, sprinkle top with some white sugar or brush with a thin glaze of powdered sugar and water before baking. If making cut out cookies, frost after baking. Bake at 350 for 10 to 13 minutes.

Mrs. Neal (Cindy) Reusser

Our Swiss Pantry II

First Mennonite Church (Berne, IN)

1987