Sugar Cookies

I got this recipe almost 25 years ago from my friend, Kristen, and these have become a Halloween tradition at our house. We cut them out in the shape of pumpkins, frost with orange and green frosting, then use candy corn to make faces. The combination of these cookies and frosting with candy corn...Oh Yum!!!

1 ½ c. sugar
1 c. shortening
2 eggs
1 tsp. vanilla
½ c. milk
4 c. flour
2 tsp. baking powder
½ tsp. salt
        Cream sugar and shortening. Add eggs, vanilla, and milk. Add dry ingredients. Mix well. Roll out on a floured surface at least 1/8 inch thick. Cut cookies into desired shapes and bake at 350° for about 10 minutes or until barely browning or just before they start to brown. Cool. Frost with buttery cookie icing, below.

Buttery Cookie Icing
3 c. powdered sugar
1/3 c. margarine or butter, softened
2 Tbsp. milk
1 ½ tsp. vanilla
        Blend butter and powdered sugar. Add milk and vanilla, mixing until smooth. Add food coloring as desired. After decorating, let icing set before stacking cookies.