Mom's Sugar Cookies

1/2 cup Crisco shortening
1/2 cup Imperial margarine
1 cup sugar
1 egg
1 tsp. vanilla
1/2 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. cream of tartar
2 cups flour

Preheat oven to 350'F.  Cream shortening and sugar using a fork or pastry blender until smooth.  Add egg and vanilla.  Beat thoroughly using a wooden spoon.  (Do not use a mixer.) Add sifted dry ingredients.

Roll into balls about the size of a walnut or use a cookie scoop. Place on an ungreased baking sheet.  Flatten slightly with the base of a glass dipped in sugar or press with a pottery cookie stamp (The design will not be sharp as in the advertisement.)  Bake until lightly browned...8-10 minutes.

Enjoy frosting Mom's Sugar Cookies?  Here is a recipe...Wilton Buttercream Frosting.