Recipe: Old Fashioned Jumbo Sugar Cookies

Old Fashioned Jumbo Sugar Cookies
rec.food.recipes/LeberKnodel (2001)

1/2 cup unsalted butter margarine at room temp.
1/2 tsp. lemon extract
1/4 tsp. orange extract
1/2 cup vegetable shortening such as Crisco
3 large eggs, lightly beaten
1 1/2 cup white sugar
Small pinch salt
1 1/2 tsp. vanilla extract
2-1/2 cup flour
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp cream of tartar (found in aisle with spices)
Note: You can substitute 2 tsp. baking powder for the cream of tartar AND baking soda
1/3 cup sugar for dipping cookies

Preheat oven to 350. Lightly grease baking sheets. In a large bowl, cream the butter and shortening. Mix in sugar and salt. Blend in eggs and extracts. In another bowl, mix flour with soda and cream of tartar. Fold flour mixture into butter mixture and mix very well. Roll dough into balls about the size of golf balls. Dip tops into sugar and place of baking sheet. Press down very slightly for crisper cookies. For thick soft-center cookies, do not press at all. Bake 12-16 minutes approximate.