Ethel's Sugar Cookies Recipe

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This is the recipe -- originally borrowed from the Betty Crocker Cookie Book -- Phyllis uses to make the Christmas cookies that Blaine House sends to the 1,000 Augusta-area Head Start children each year. She multiplies the recipe as needed in several big batches; then, as time permits, bakes up what she can. Another staff member decorates the cookies, after which they are hidden so that the staff and who knows, maybe even the governor -- can't find them before Christmas.

Yield: Makes about 4 dozen.

• 3/4 cup shortening (part butter)
• 1 cup sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1/2 teaspoon lemon flavoring or 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 2-1/2 cups flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon salt

Cream shortening and sugar; beat in eggs and flavoring. Combine flour, baking powder, and salt, and blend into egg mixture. Chill dough for at least 1 hour. Roll out dough to 1/8-inch thickness on a floured board. Cut into desired shapes and place on an ungreased cookie sheet. Bake for 6 to 8 minutes at 400 degrees F, until cookies are a delicate golden color.