Recipes:

Ingredients:

• 2 1/2 cups sugar
• 2 1/2 cups brown sugar
• 1 1/4 cups vegetable shortening
• 1 1/4 cups butter
• 15 eggs
• 13 tsp. baking powder
• 15 cups flour
• 2 1/2 cups milk

Vanilla Frosting:

• 2 tbsp. butter
• 1 cup powdered sugar
• 2 tbsp. milk
• 1/2 tsp. vanilla

Instructions:

• Cream sugars, shortening, and butter together.
• Beat in eggs, one at a time.
• Mix dry ingredients and add alternately with 2 cups milk; only add the last 1/2 cup milk if needed. It is a very soft dough.
• Refrigerate dough overnight.
• Cutout cookies and bake in 350 oven for 10 to 15 minutes. Cool and frost. Use raisins or chocolate chips for eyes.

Yield: 10 dozen cookies, depending upon size of cookie cutter.