disgustingly festive, originally uploaded by NoWheyKatie.

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These are my favorite sugar cookies. They are the ones my mom made for nearly every holiday when I was young, and now I make for nearly every holiday as well. It's a veganized Better Homes and Gardens recipe from a cookbook that my mom bought in the 70's. You can still get the cookbook - it is revised, restocked and reprinted all the time - but I'm not sure if this recipe has stayed the same. So here you have it:

NoWhey's Sugar Cookies

2/3 cup shortening
3/4 cup sugar
1 tsp. vanilla

egg replacer = to 1 egg (use ener-g, not flax)
4 teaspoons soymilk (might need to add more in later)
2 cups sifted all purpose flour
1 1/2 tsp. baking powder
1/4 tsp. salt

Thoroughly cream shortening, sugar and vanilla in a mixer until a bit fliffy, making sure to scrape down the sides of the bowl every once in a while. Add egg replacer; beat until even more light and fluffy. Stir in soymilk until well combined. In a seperate bowl, sift together dry ingredients and then blend into creamed mixture. It will seem a little dry at first, but keep blending and it should be moist enough to hold together well. If it is extremely crumbly, add about a teaspoon more of milk.
Divide dough in half, wrapping each half in wax paper. Chill at least 1 hour.
On lightly floured surface, roll to 1/8 inch thickness (one half at a time, while still chilling other half). The thicker it is, the softer the cookie though. Cut in desired shapes. Bake on greased cookie sheet about half an inch apart at 375 for 5-7 minutes. Cool slightly, remove from pan. Cool all the way before frosting. Makes 2 dozen (depending on cookie cutters).

For very simple icing, place about 2 cups of powdered sugar into a bowl with about a teaspoon of vanilla and a tiny dash of salt. Add soymilk just until it is at the consistency you want. It shouldn't be too runny or else it will get all over the place, but it shouldn't be so thick that it doesn't move on its own. Add some food coloring if you want.
Enjoy!