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Best Ever Sugar Cookies
User Submitted RecipeIngredients
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup powdered sugar
1 cup shortening
1 egg
1 tsp vanilla
1/2 tsp almond extract
2 cups flour
3/4 tsp cream of tartar
1/2 tsp soda
Pinch of salt
Instructions
Cream shortening and sugars until light and fluffy. Add egg; blend. Add sifted dry ingredients and flavorings. Form into 1" balls and flatten with a glass dipped in sugar on a baking sheet. Sprinkle with colored sugars. Bake at 350° for 7 minutes. Remove from pan and cool on cooling rack.

