Mom'S Amish Sugar Cookies

• 1 cup shortening
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 egg
• 2 cups flour
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon cream of tartar
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
• 1/2 teaspoon almond flavoring
• colored crystal sugar

1. Preheat oven to 350 and spray cookie sheets with a non-stick cooking spray.
2. Mix shortening, sugar, and egg in a large bowl until well blended; add the flour and mix well.
3. Then add the baking soda, cream of tartar, vanilla, and almond flavoring; mix well.
4. Roll cookie dough in colored sugar and than form into a ball.
5. Put the balls on a cookie sheet and flatten out just a little bit.
6. Bake at 350 for 8 minutes.
7. Let them sit for a minute on the cookie sheet once done and then transfer them to a cookie rack.

shortening, sugar, egg, flour, baking soda, cream of tartar, vanilla, almond flavoring, colored crystal sugar

Taken from www.food.com/recipe/moms-amish-sugar-cookies-244084 (may not work)