The real recipe to Cut-Out Cookies & Icing

Cookies

Cream together:
3/4 cups Crisco shortening
2 cups sugar
2 eggs
1 tsp vanilla

1/2 cup evaporated milk } Mix together and let stand for 5 minutes
1 tablespoon lemon juice} and add to creamed mixute above.

Add dry ingredients in 3 or 4 parts:
4 1/2 cups flour
1 tsp BAKING soda
pinch of salt

Wrap in saran wrap and refrigerate until cold. Makes dough easier to work with. Also easier to work with the dough in thirds and leave the rest in the fridge.

Have quite a bit of flour on rolling surface. Pat dough on both sides to flour both sides. Flour rolling pin. Cut into shapes.

Bake @ 350 degrees around 11-13 minutes. Frost when cooled.


Frosting

Melt 4 Tbsp butter
1/4 cup water
Add powdered sugar to desired thickness (1 box)
Add 1/2 tsp Almond extract

Place in several small dishes and add food coloring as desired.

And them bring the cookies to my house because I love Sugar Cookies with Icing they are my favorite. Nummy-Nummy!!