Aunt Zula’s Christmas Cutouts

Ingredients

• 1 cup shortening
• 1 cup confectioners’ sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 2 eggs
• 2 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 3 teaspoons baking powder
• 2 tablespoons milk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Directions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (180 degrees C).

Cream sugar and shortening together. Add eggs and dry ingredients. Add the milk last.

No need to chill this dough, simply roll out to 1/4 inch thickness, cut out and bake 10-12 minutes.