Sugar Cookies

Maggie wants to make sugar cookies for Santa.

This is one of Jess's favorite recipes.

1/3 cup Butter
1/3 cup shortening
3/4 cup sugar
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 egg
1 teaspoon almond extract
2 cups flour

Beat sugar, shortening, sugar, baking powder and dash of salt.
Beat in egg and almond extract.
beat ing flour til barely mixed.
Wrap in saran wrap and chill in fridge for 3 hours.
Roll half at a time, 1/8 in thick.
Cut out.
Place on ungreased cookie sheet
Bake 375 7-8 min, until edges are firm and bottoms are lightly browned