This is the classic cut-out Christmas cookie recipe we used when I was a child (although the recipe could easily be used year-round). The recipe was called "Ethel's Sugar Cookies (N. N. S.)"--to this day, I'm not sure who Ethel is, and I'm not even sure what N. N. S. stands for (although, knowing the preschool my mom taught at in the early 1980s in Mundelein, IL, I think it probably stood for Nazarene Nursery School.) I'm listing the original recipe as it was, but regular flour could easily be substituted for gluten-free flour.
Ethel's Sugar Cookies
3/4 cup of shortening, part butter
1 cup of sugar
2 eggs
1 teaspoon of vanilla extract
2 1/2 cups of flour
1 teaspoon of baking powder
1 teaspoon of salt
Chill dough for 1 hour. Roll out and put on ungreased cookie sheet. Bake at 400 degrees for 6-8 minutes. Makes approximately 1 dozen cookies.
