1 c. sugar
1 c. sour milk
1 tsp. salt
Flour
1 c. shortening
1 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. vanilla

Cream together sugar and shortening. Add salt and baking soda to milk and dissolve. Sift 2 cups flour with baking powder. Add milk mixture alternately with flour mixture. Stir in enough flour to make dough stiff. Turn out onto a well floured surface and knead in flour until dough is not sticky.

Shape into balls of about 1 cup of dough. Roll dough to about 3/8" thickness and cut in desired shapes. Bake at 425 degrees until edges of cookies begin to brown. Remove from cookie sheet and cool on a clean towel.