Lion House Sugar Cookies

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 10
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 2/3 cup butter
• 2 eggs, beaten
• 2 tablespoons milk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 3 1/4 cups flour
• 2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 3/4 cup butter
• 3/4 cup shortening
• 4 2/3 cups powdered sugar
• 1 1/2 teaspoons lemon juice
• 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla
• 1/3 cup water

Recipe

• 1 cream butter and sugar.
• 2 add eggs, milk and vanilla.
• 3 sift flour, baking powder, and salt together. add to creamed mixture. combine thoroughly.
• 4 with hands shape dough into a ball.
• 5 wrap with plastic wrap and refrigerate 2-3 hours or overnight.
• 6 grease cookie sheets lightly.
• 7 on lightly floured board or counter, roll 1/2 to 1/3 of dough at a time, keeping rest in fridge.
• 8 for soft cookies, roll 1/8 to 1/4 inch thick.
• 9 cut with floured cookie cutter. place 1/2 inch apart on cookie sheet.
• 10 bake at 400°f for 8 minutes or until a very light brown.
• 11 for frosting:.
• 12 combine butter, shortening and powdered sugar and beat until very creamy.
• 13 add lemon juice and vanilla.
• 14 mix until well blended.
• 15 add water.
• 16 mix until very light.
• 17 separate into bowls and add food coloring.
• 18 decorate as desired.
• 19 enjoy!