2 C white sugar
1 C shortening (not butter or margarine)
2 eggs
1 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. salt
1 C buttermilk (Church used powdered buttermilk + water)
3 tsp. vanilla extract
6 C all-purpose flour
Heat oven to 350 degrees.
Combine liquid ingredients, mix well, add dry ingredients, mix well (younger kids can mix by hand, it’s not very sticky)
Original recipe says make cookies flat, no more than 1/4″ thick or they will cook unevenly and burn, but the cookies the little kids were making at church were pretty large and uneven and oddly shaped and they tasted even better! These cookies weren’t brown at all, just a nice creamy sugar-cookie color. The only improvement I’d make is to add some large sugar crystals to the top.
Enjoy!