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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm having serious nostalgia for the sugar cookies we made when I was small. I'm sure my mom got the cookie and frosting recipe from one of her old battered betty crocker.

I don't think I'll be able to recreate because they probably both have shortening :-( I actually have shortening in my pantry (does it go bad?) but can't bring myself to bake with it.[/quote]

I've made the 1970s era Betty Crocker "traditional" sugar cookies without shortening before.  They taste the same when made with 100% butter but you end up needing to add some flour by eye to stiffen the dough.  And the dough chilling time is important.  If the dough is a bit hard to cut out, keep flouring the pin and dough slab.

In the 1970s, we probably used half Crisco and half Imperial margarine at our house per the Betty Crocker recipe.  But nobody remembers because we stopped using shortening so long ago.

We cut out Christmas trees and put green sprinkles and Cinnamon Imperials as decorations.

Here's the recipe as it was.  I've made it at least 3 times with 100% butter and it turns out fine.

https://bakeitwithlove.com/vintage-betty-crocker-rolled-sugar-cookies/
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