Chocolate Sugar Cookies

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup shortening (original recipe calls for lard)
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 egg
• 1/2 cup milk
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 cup light corn syrup ()
• 1/4 cup cocoa powder
• 3 cups flour (amount may vary(see recipe description for explanation)

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 375°f
• 2 in a large mixing bowl, cream together shortening, sugar and eggs.
• 3 stir in milk and vanilla.
• 4 stir in baking powder, baking soda, salt and corn syrup.
• 5 stir in baking cocoa.
• 6 add enough flour (a little at a time) to make dough stiff enough to roll out well.
• 7 on a generously floured work surface, roll out dough with a lightly floured rolling pin to 1/2-inch thickness. with flour-dipped cookie cutters, cut into desired shapes.
• 8 place cookies on a lightly greased cookie pan spaced two inches apart.
• 9 bake for 10-12 minutes or until tops of cookies are no longer shiny, and bottoms are lightly browned.
• 10 decorate with icing of your preference (if desired) and store in an air-tight container.