Sugar? Butter? Crisco? How could it NOT taste good???

I'm addicted to cookies. Well, sugar in general, really. I also love to bake, and consider myself to be pretty good at it. Enter the biggest road block ever. I'm always trying (wishing, anyway) to lose weight. But I LOVE COOKIES. Of course, Matt could go through life without any sweets (crazy, I know) For God's sake, he doesn't eat his own birthday cake! So, when I bake, I'm forced to eat it all! (Or bring some to work...)
Anyway, for Father's Day,  I made Matt some sugar cookies. He will eat sugar cookies, and peanut butter cookies.
* I might add that, while these are no "Grandma Barber Sugar cookies" they're still pretty damn good! and they really do melt in your mouth. (must be the Crisco??!!)

Melt In Your Mouth Sugar Cookies

1/2 cup butter, softened
1/2 cup shortening
2 cups sugar
1 Teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon cream of tartar
1/8 teaspoon salt ( I omit, as I use salted butter)
3 egg yolks
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour

Preheat oven to 300  degrees. In a large mixing bowl, combine butter and shortening. Mix with electric mixer on medium/ high speed for 30 seconds. Add sugar, salt, baking soda, and cream of tartar. Beat until combined. Beat in egg yolks and vanilla until combined, scraping sides  of bowl occasionally. Beat in as much flour as you can. Stir in remaining flour.
Shape dough into 1 inch balls ( I use a scoop!) Bake for 15 minutes, or until sides are set. Cool on cookie sheet for 1 minute (very important, or they'll fall apart when you try to transfer them!) Transfer to wire rack, let cool.

* Recipe courtesy of  Better Homes and Gardens Cookbook, 12th edition.