Old-Fashioned Sugar Cookies

Recipe Ingredients

2 cups	125g / 4.4oz	All-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon	2.5ml	Baking powder
1/2 teaspoon	2.5ml	Baking soda
1/4 teaspoon	1.3ml	Salt
1/2 cup	99g / 3.5oz	Solid vegetable shortening
3/4 cup	148g / 5.2oz	Sugar
1		Egg
1 teaspoon	5ml	Vanilla
1 teaspoon	5ml	Grated orange peel
3 tablespoons	45ml	Milk
		Additional sugar

Recipe Instructions

Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Sift 2 cups flour, 1/2 teaspoon baking powder, 1/2 teaspoon baking soda and 1/4 teaspoon salt into medium bowl.

Using electric mixer, cream 1/2 cup shortening and 3/4 cup sugar in large bowl. Beat in 1 egg, 1 teaspoon vanilla and 1 teaspoon orange peel. Mix in dry ingredients alternately with milk, beginning and ending with dry ingredients.

Lightly grease 2 large cookie sheets. Roll dough out on lightly floured surface to 1/8-inch thickness. Cut 3-inch-diameter rounds using cookie or biscuit cutter. Transfer dough rounds to prepared cookie sheets. Gather and reroll scraps. Cut additional cookies. Sprinkle cookies with sugar.

Bake cookies until golden brown on edges, about 14 minutes. Transfer to rack and cool completely. (Can be prepared 1 week ahead. Store in airtight container.)

This recipe yields about 2 dozen.

Source:
Bon Appetit, October 1991

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