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Grandma Studebaker’s Sugar Cookies

1/2 cup lard
1/2 cup butter
2 cups light brown sugar
2 eggs
1/2 cup milk OR water
2 teaspoons vanilla
2-1/2 cup flour
1/2 teaspoon salt (more if using all lard, less with all butter)
3 teaspoons baking powder

Cream together lard, butter and brown sugar. Beat together eggs, milk (OR water) and vanilla. Sift together flour, salt and baking powder. Add egg/milk and flour mixture alternately to sugar and shortening.—STIR WELL—Chill dough. Make into a roll and slice OR drop by rounded teaspoon. Bake at 350 degrees for 12-15 minutes. DO NOT LET THEM GET TOO BROWN.