Sift all dry ingredients together into a late bowl.

cut into shortening.

Make a hole in the center of above mentioned ingredients and add milk, eggs and vanilla.

Lay flour out on counter/table and place a heaping spoonful of batter in flour. Place flour on top of batter and work together until dough is no longer sticky. Rub flour on your rolling pin and roll dough out to desired thickness. (Thicker dough makes thicker cookies).

Mix as pie dough. Dough will be very sticky at this point!

Bake cookies for 13-15 minutes depending upon thickness at 350°F.