Chocolate Cut Out Cookies

Ingredients

• 4 tablespoons shortening
• 1 cup sugar
• ¼ cup milk
• 1 egg
• 2 cups flour
• 3 teaspoons baking powder
• ¼ teaspoon salt
• ½ cup cocoa

Method

1. 1 Cream shortening and sugar together; add milk and beaten egg; mix well.
2. 2 Sift flour, baking powder, cocoa and salt together and add to the wet mixture.
3. 3 Roll out ¼-inch thick on a floured board; cut with a cookie cutter.
4. 4 Bake in a hot oven (425°F) for about 12 minutes.