Ingredients: 

3/4 cup Crisco
1 1/3 cups Sugar
2 Eggs
3 1/2 cups of Flour
1 tsp Baking Powder
3 Tbs Milk
2 tsp Vanilla
3/4 tsp Salt

Directions:

Preheat oven to 375.  Cream shortening and sugar together.  Add eggs and vanilla and the milk, beat until fluffy.  Add flour, salt and baking powder.  Roll out and cut with cookie cutters.

Bake on greased cookie sheet for 10 min.

Note.  Use butter instead of crisco for softer cookies.  Use crisco instead of butter for a crispier cookie.  Use half butter and half crisco for somewhere in the middle (personal preference).

Happy Holiday Baking!