#642 - Keithan's Sugar Cookies

(by Art Keithan - friend)

1 cup Crisco (solid)
2 cups white sugar
2 eggs
1/2 tsp. salt
2 tsp. baking soda
4 tsp. cream of tartar
1 tsp. vanilla
1/4 cup milk
4 1/2 cups flour

In a mixer add Crisco and white sugar--beat. Add eggs--beat. Add salt, baking soda, cream of tartar and vanilla--beat. Add milk--beat. Slowly add flour--beat until it gets too stiff for the mixer, then remove bowl and continue stirring with a wooden spoon. Roll dough into balls (about the size of a walnut). Drop balls on to greased cookie sheets, flatten each cookie with the bottom of a drinking glass and sprinkle each with white or colored sugar. Bake at 350 degrees for 8-10 minutes.