Cut-out Sugar Cookies

Ingredients

 * 2/3 cup Butter Flavor Crisco
 * 3/4 cup Sugar
 * 1 tbsp Milk PLUS 1 teaspoon milk
 * 1 tsp Vanilla
 * 1  Egg
 * 2 cup Flour, all purpose
 * 1 1/2 tsp Baking powder
 * 1/4 tsp Salt

Directions
1 Preparation time: 15 minutes chill time: 2 hours bake time: 7-9 minutes Cream butter flavor crisco, sugar, milk and vanilla in large bowl at medium speed of electric mixer until well blended. 2 Beat in egg. 3 Combine flour, baking powder and salt. 4 Mix into creamed mixture. 5 Cover and refrigerate several hours to overnight. 6 Heat oven to 375°F. 7 Roll half the dough at a time to about 1/8 inch thickness on floured surface. 8 Cut in desired shapes. 9 Place 2 inches apart on ungreased baking sheet. 10 Sprinkle with colored sugar and decors or leave plain to frost* when cool. 11 Bake at 375°F for 7 to 9 minutes. 12 Cool slightly. 13 Remove to cooling rack. 14 Makes 3 dozen cookies ( depending on size and shape ). 15 Variations for cut-out sugar cookies lemon or orange cookie variation ~ add 1 teaspoon grated lemon or orange peel and 1 teaspoon lemon or orange extract to step #*creamy vanilla frosting: combine ½ cup butter flavor crisco, 1 pound ( 4 cups ) confectioners sugar, 1/3 cup milk and 1 teaspoon vanilla in medium bowl at low speed of electric mixer until well blended. 16 Scrape bowl. 17 Beat at high speed for 2 minutes, or until smooth and creamy. 18 Frost cooled cookies. 19 Note: frosting works well in decorating tube. 20 1 or 2 drops food color can be used to tint each cup of frosting, if desired. 21 Lemon or orange frosting variation eliminate milk. 22 Add 1/3 cup lemon or orange juice. 23 Add 1 teaspoon orange peel with orange juice.