The Best Sugar Cookie Recipe in the World!

Mix the flour, baking powder, salt and shortening as if you mixing a pie crust, cutting the shortening in with a pastry blender.

Add the baking soda to the sugar. Mix the eggs with the milk and the vanilla and then add it to the sugar mixture. Mix well. Pour this into the flour mixture and combine until smooth. Roll the dough out onto a floured surface. Use a cookie cutter to cut out your favorite shape. Top with colored sugar or leave plain. Bake at 375 degrees for 6-9 minutes depending on how thick your cookies are.