With Valentine’s day approaching, I am trying to make as many different varieties of cutout cookies using my heart cookie cutters.  These use crisco in the cookies and you can leave them plain, sprinkle sugar on top before baking or frost them, after they are completely cooled,with a simple vanilla frosting.

• 1 1/3 cups crisco
• 1 1/2 ,cups sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 1/2 tbs plus 1 tsp milk
• 2 cups flour
• 11/2 tsp baking powder
• 1/4 tsp salt

Directions – preheat oven to 350 degrees.  Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper.  Set aside.  in a bowl, cream crisco and sugar.  Add egg, milk and vanilla.  Blend in dry ingredients.  Sprinkle a clean, flat surface with flour. Cut out cookies and stagger  on prepared sheet. 

Bake 7 to 9 minutes, no longer.  Cool completely.