- Total: 29 min
- Prep: 20 min
- Cook: 9 min
- Yield: 3 dozen
Ingredients
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Crisco® Original No-Stick Cooking Spray
1/2 stick Crisco® Baking Sticks Butter Flavor All-Vegetable Shortening
or 1/2 cup Crisco® Butter Flavor All-Vegetable Shortening
3/4 cup sugar
1 tbsp. milk
1 large egg, lightly beaten
1/2 tsp. vanilla extract
1/4 tsp. salt
1/4 tsp. baking powder
1 1/4 cups Pillsbury BEST® All Purpose Flour
Frosting:
1 lb. powdered sugar, about 4 cups
1/3 cup milk
1 tsp. vanilla extract
Few drops food coloring, if desired (optional)
Directions
- Cookies:
- HEAT oven to 375 degrees F. Spray baking sheets with no-stick cooking spray.
- COMBINE 12 cup shortening, sugar and milk in large bowl; beat at medium speed until well blended. Beat in egg and vanilla extract.
- COMBINE flour, salt and baking powder in medium bowl. Beat into shortening mixture at low speed until well blended. Drop level measuring tablespoonfuls 2 inches apart onto prepared baking sheets.
- BAKE 7 to 9 minutes. Cool 2 minutes on baking sheets; transfer to cooling racks to cool completely.
- Frosting:
- COMBINE shortening, powdered sugar, milk and vanilla extract in large bowl; beat at low speed 15 seconds. Scrape bowl.
- BEAT at high speed 2 minutes, or until smooth and creamy. Tint frosting to desired shade with food coloring if using. Frost cookies.
