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Checkerboard Cookie
Learn to make butter & sugar cookies with our quick and easy recipes. Butter & sugar cookies make a wonderful dessert or snack.
Yield: Makes enough to fill and frost 2 (8-inch) round or square cake layers or frost 1 (13X9-inch) cake
Ingredients:
1/2
cup shortening
6
cups sifted powdered sugar, divided
3
tablespoons milk
2
teaspoons clear vanilla extract
Additional milk*
Preparation:
1.
Beat shortening in large bowl with electric mixer at medium speed until fluffy. Gradually beat in 3 cups sugar until well blended and smooth. Carefully beat in 3 tablespoons milk and vanilla. Gradually beat in remaining 3 cups sugar, adding more milk, 1 teaspoon at a time, as needed for good spreading consistency. Store in refrigerator.
