Alta's Sugar Cookies (soft)

2 cups sugar

1 cup shortening

1/2 cup milk

1/2 teaspoon salt

3 eggs

4-5 cups flour

4 teaspoons baking powder

1 teaspoon vanilla ( or lemon extract)

Beat sugar and shortening. Mix in eggs one at a time beating well after each egg. Add vanilla Blend 3 cups of the flour with salt and baking powder. Alternately add milk with flour until mix is a soft dough. Add in the rest of the flour until you can handle the dough and chill for 2 hours. Roll out and cut into shapes. Bake at 350 degrees on a greased cookie sheet until slightly brown around the edges. Do not over cook or the cookies will be hard not soft. Ice them with your favorite butter cream frosting.