This sugar cookie recipe was very good. I used one cup of butter instead of the shortening and I didn't have any buttermilk so I used 3 tablespoons lemon juice and put it in a one cup measuring cup and then filled the rest of the measuring cup up with milk (a buttermilk subsitute) and the cookies turned out great. The only thing that surprised me was that the recipe stated that it makes 2 dozen, I ended up with over 40 cookies and had to triple the frosting (and the cookies I made were very large). That's okay because I had plenty to give away to family. Overall, it's a very yummy and soft cookie that I will make again.